Two dominant backs in Jayton Jones and Jaxon Tenbensel are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. Meridian will challenge Silver Lake at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Silver Lake took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on Meridian, who comes in off a win.
Meridian is headed into the matchup after thoroughly thrashing Harvard: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that the Mustangs blew the Cardinals out of the water with a 56-6 final score. The contest marked the Mustangs' most dominant win of the season.
It was another big night for Maddox Haake, who picked up 105 receiving yards and two TDs, and also punched in one score on the ground. He was no stranger to the big play, connecting on a big catch that went for 69 yards. Kyan Sones did his part for the team as well, scoring a TD off of 44 receiving yards.
Wins are hard to come by when you can't run the rock, something Meridian proved: they limited Harvard to a paltry zero yards per carry. The team can thank Darius Suarez for the heroic effort on defense: he. Meridian's ground attack was stronger, having averaged 4.6.
Meanwhile, Silver Lake played a tough game on Friday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They were dealt a 67-37 defeat at the hands of Red Cloud. The Mustangs were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 40-18.
The victory made it two in a row for Meridian and bumps their season record up to 4-2. Those wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 51.5 points over those games. As for Silver Lake, their loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 4-2.
Meridian came up short against Silver Lake when the teams last played back in October of 2024, falling 27-20. Can Meridian avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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