Garden County has gone 4-0 against South Platte recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. After each having a week off, both will dust off their jerseys to challenge one another at 7:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Garden County has three straight victories, South Platte has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Two weeks ago, Garden County was fully in charge, breezing past Medicine Valley 49-12 at home. The score at the end of the third wound up being the final score as the Eagles just coasted through the last quarter.
Garden County's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged three passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Kole Fornander and Wilsie Lobner. The dominant performance also gave Fornander a new career-high in rushing yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Garden County was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 278 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 160 rushing yards in five consecutive matchups dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, South Platte took a blow against Wallace last Thursday, falling 41-14.
Although South Platte took the loss, they still got scores from Brayden Einspahr and Brayden Kendall.
Garden County's win bumped their record up to 3-0. As for South Platte, their loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 0-3.
Thursday's match might be decided in the trenches. Garden County has been unstoppable on the ground this season, having averaged 274.7 rushing yards per game. It's a different story for South Platte, though, as they've been averaging only 75.7. How will they fare against such a dominant running game?
Everything came up roses for Garden County against South Platte when the teams last played back in September of 2023 as the team secured a 44-15 victory. In that contest, Garden County amassed a halftime lead of 30-8, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Thursday.
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