The Clay Center Tigers's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Rock Creek Mustangs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Clay Center is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They enjoyed a cozy 42-26 victory over Chapman on Friday. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' Kansas football rankings (they are ranked 41st, while the Fighting Irish are ranked 128th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
This one was won in the trenches and the lion's share of the credit has to go to Weston Hammond and he. Hammond rushed for 113 yards and two touchdowns on only 15 carries while he rushed for 113 yards and two touchdowns on only 15 carries. Owen Craig's longest rush was for an impressive 61 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. Walker Henry did his part to keep the secondary busy, picking up 111 receiving yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Clay Center was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 282 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Rock Creek blew past Abilene, posting a 42-6 win at home. Considering the Mustangs have won three matches by more than 35 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
The victory got Clay Center back to even at 2-2. As for Rock Creek, their win was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 3-1.
Clay Center strolled past Rock Creek when the teams last played back in October of 2023 by a score of 26-12. The rematch might be a little tougher for Clay Center since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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