The Basehor-Linwood Bobcats will challenge the Shawnee Heights Thunderbirds at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Last Friday, Basehor-Linwood humbled Piper with a 48-14 victory. The match was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 42-0.
Basehor-Linwood can attribute much of their success to Carson Dixon, who threw for 118 yards and two touchdowns, and Nick Doering, who rushed for 103 yards on only 13 carries. The dominant performance gave Doering a new career-high in rushing yards.
Meanwhile, Shawnee Heights was fully in charge on Friday, breezing past West 53-8 on the road.
Shawnee Heights can attribute much of their success to Aiden Scott, who threw for 333 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 12.8 yards per attempt, and Christian Labrador, who gained 176 total yards and two touchdowns. David Wakes helped Scott out on the ground, rushing for 80 yards and a touchdown on only eight carries.
Shawnee Heights' defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged four passes before it was all said and done. Tyren Parker led the group effort, picking up two of those interceptions all by himself.
The win made it two in a row for Basehor-Linwood and bumps their season record up to 2-0. As for Shawnee Heights, the victory also got them back to even at 1-1.
Everything came up roses for Basehor-Linwood against Shawnee Heights when the teams last played back in September of 2023 as the squad secured a 42-14 win. In that game, Basehor-Linwood amassed a halftime lead of 28-0, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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