The South Barber Chieftains will head out to face off against the Moscow Wildcats on Friday. South Barber will be strutting in after a victory while Moscow will be coming in after a defeat.
South Barber will roll into the contest after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up six points on September 6th, then bounced right back against Otis-Bison last Friday. South Barber enjoyed a cozy 37-19 win over Otis-Bison. The Chieftains pushed the score to 29-6 by the end of the third, a deficit the Cougars cut but never quite recovered from.
Austin Swonger went supernova for South Barber, rushing for 159 yards and two touchdowns on only 15 carries, while also throwing for 76 yards and two touchdowns. Swonger didn't just play on offense: he also made 18 total tackles (2.0 for loss) and defended two passes in addition to snagging an interception.
South Barber wouldn't let Otis-Bison keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. South Barber can thank Garen Cantrell and Steele Smith for forcing both of them. The dominant performance also gave Cantrell a new career-high in rushing yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, South Barber was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 254 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Otis-Bison only rushed for 105.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 52 points the game before, Moscow was a bit more limited in their game on Friday. They were outmatched by Weskan at home and fell 62-6. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Kansas football rankings (they are ranked 87th, while the Coyotes are ranked 31st).
The victory got South Barber back to even at 1-1. As for Moscow, they now have a losing record at 1-2.
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