Russell is 0-9 against Bozeman since October of 2015 but things could change on Friday. The Russell Rustlers will head out on the road to challenge the Bozeman Hawks at 7:00 p.m. Russell will be strutting in after a victory while Bozeman will be coming in after a defeat.
Last Friday, Russell didn't have too much breathing room in their match against Skyview, but they still walked away with a 15-9 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Rustlers.
The critical scores for Russell came from Caleb Taylor and Ben Cunningham.
Meanwhile, Bozeman faced Billings West in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Friday. Bozeman took a 36-17 bruising from Billings West. The Hawks' loss continues a trend for the squad, making it three in a row.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Kash Embry and CJ Johnson. Johnson had a great game and threw for 404 yards and four touchdowns while completing 72% of his passes. Meanwhile, Embry was balling out in the loss, rushing for 46 yards and a touchdown, while also throwing for 102 yards and a touchdown.
The victory got Russell back to even at 3-3. As for Bozeman, their defeat ended a six-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 3-3.
Russell was dealt a bruising 28-0 loss at the hands of Bozeman in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Bozeman's Brady Casagranda, who rushed for 64 yards and two touchdowns on only seven carries. Now that Russell 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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