The Blue Valley West Jaguars's homestand will continue as they prepare to take on the Olathe Northwest Ravens at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Blue Valley West is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Shawnee Mission West 38-7. With the Jaguars ahead 28-0 at the half, the game was all but over already.
This one was won in the trenches and the lion's share of the credit has to go to Tate Miller and Youqub Abdumalikov. Miller rushed for 81 yards and two touchdowns on only seven carries while Abdumalikov rushed for 120 yards and a touchdown. Those 120 rushing yards gave Abdumalikov a new career-high.
Blue Valley West was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 223 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Shawnee Mission West only rushed for 85.
Meanwhile, Olathe Northwest and Olathe South faced off in a cross-town battle last Thursday. Olathe Northwest put the hurt on Olathe South with a sharp 44-21 win. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory the Ravens have posted against the Falcons since September 25, 2015.
The match pitted two dominant backs against one another in Jaelen Douglas and Max Armstrong. Douglas had a great game and gained 277 total yards and three touchdowns. Meanwhile, Armstrong was balling out in the loss, rushing for 130 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.2 yards per carry.
Olathe Northwest didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Merak Greinert and Michael Hefley.
Blue Valley West's win was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 8-1. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 41.3 points per game. As for Olathe Northwest, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 6-3 record this season.
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