The McLaughlin Mustangs will challenge the Todd County Falcons at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday.
After dropping their season opener at home, Todd County is headed out to face a Mustangs team ready to give their home crowd a win. McLaughlin was beaten by St. Francis Indian 50-0 on Thursday.
Meanwhile, Todd County had to travel to play their first game of the season, but the final result was worth the trip. They blew past Little Wound 48-22 on Friday. Winning may never get old, but the Falcons sure are getting used to it with their tenth in a row dating back to last season.
Ty Valandra had a dynamite game for Todd County, rushing for 179 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 9.0 yards per carry. Oniya Whirlwind Soldier was in the mix too, providing Todd County with two touchdowns touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Todd County was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 313 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 189 rushing yards in ten consecutive contests dating back to last season.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Todd County's defense and their three sacks. Carver Rahn was especially locked on to Little Wound's QB and sacked him twice. Rahn didn't just play on offense: he also picked up two sacks and made four total tackles (3.0 for loss).
McLaughlin was dealt a bruising 60-6 loss at the hands of Todd County in their previous matchup back in October of 2018. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point McLaughlin was down 60-6.
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