The Littlefield Wildcats will head out on the road to take on the Muleshoe Mules at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Littlefield's favor is that they have posted at least 31 points in their last four contests.
It was a proper cat-fight when Littlefield challenged Slaton on Friday. Littlefield strolled past Slaton with points to spare, taking the game 55-36.
Meanwhile, Muleshoe's game on Thursday was all tied up 22-22 at the half, but luckily for them it didn't stay that way. They snuck past Roosevelt with a 42-36 victory.
Nathan Martens was his usual excellent self, throwing for 252 yards and two touchdowns while completing 95.2% of his passes, and also rushing for 81 yards and a touchdown on only eight carries. That's the most rushing yards he has posted since back in October of 2023.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Muleshoe was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 254 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 158 rushing yards in four consecutive matches.
Littlefield's win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 5-2. As for Muleshoe, their record is now an identical 5-2.
Littlefield was taken down by Muleshoe 48-20 in their previous meeting back in August of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Martens, who threw for 360 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 14.4 yards per attempt, and also rushed for 131 yards and a touchdown on only eight carries. Now that Littlefield knows 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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