The Southwest Raiders will be playing in front of their home fans against the Decatur Eagles at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Decatur is hoping to do what Western Hills couldn't on Saturday: put an end to Southwest's winning streak, which now stands at four games. Everything went Southwest's way against Western Hills as Southwest made off with a 35-14 victory. Considering the Raiders have won four matches by more than 20 points this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.
Meanwhile, Decatur fought the good fight in their overtime matchup against Springtown on Friday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Porcupines by a score of 41-38. The Eagles' loss signaled the end of their four-game winning streak.
Despite the defeat, Decatur had strong showings from Jed Ross, who threw for 291 yards and two touchdowns, and Jake Milligan, who gained 188 total yards. The dominant performance also gave Milligan a new career-high in rushing yards (140). A healthy portion of Ross' aerial production (94 yards to be exact) went to Cayden Forrest.
Southwest now has a winning record of 5-4. As for Decatur, their loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 5-4.
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