The Arcadia/Loup City Rebels will take on South Loup at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. The timing is sure in Arcadia/Loup City's favor as the team sits on three straight wins at home while South Loup has been banged up by four consecutive losses on the road dating back to last season.
Arcadia/Loup City will roll into the contest after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up eight points last Friday, then bounced right back against Sandhills Valley on Thursday. The Rebels took their game with ease, bagging a 50-22 victory over the Mavericks. The matchup was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 44-0.
Arcadia/Loup City didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Tyce Calleroz and Ryan Kaslon. Kaslon got in on the action too, converting a pick into a touchdown.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 36 points the game before, South Loup was a bit more limited in their contest on Friday. They were beaten by Ravenna 46-8. While losing is never fun, South Loup can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska football rankings (they are ranked 96th, while Ravenna is ranked 20th).
South Loup's loss dropped their record down to 2-5. As for Arcadia/Loup City, their win bumped their record up to 6-1.
Arcadia/Loup City took a serious blow against South Loup in their previous meeting back in October of 2024, falling 56-0. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of South Loup's Conner Paulsen, who rushed for 179 yards and four scores while picking up 10.5 yards per carry. Now that the Rebels know the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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