The Smoky Hill Buffaloes will head out on the road to square off against the Fairview Knights at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Smoky Hill has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the contest with 11 straight losses, while Fairview will come in with four straight wins.
Smoky Hill is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took a 28-9 bruising from Rangeview on Friday.
Even though they lost, Smoky Hill was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 231 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted was before the start of last season.
Meanwhile, Fairview got themselves on the board against Monarch on Friday, but Monarch never followed suit. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the Coyotes 49-0 on the road. Given the Knights' advantage in MaxPreps' Colorado football rankings (they are ranked tenth, while the Coyotes are ranked 74th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
A big part of Fairview's victory came down to the chemistry between Ki Ellison and his top target Jordan Rechel. Ellison threw for 329 yards and four touchdowns while completing 95% of his passes while Rechel gained 145 total yards and two touchdowns. Rechel also deserves a shoutout for his performance on D, making four total tackles and defending two passes. Sabi Ruttgers also helped with two touchdowns in total.
Smoky Hill's defeat dropped their record down to 0-4. As for Fairview, their win was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 4-0.
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