South Barber is preparing for their first district matchup of the season on Friday. They will host the Pawnee Heights Tigers at 7:00 p.m. South Barber is coming into the contest hot, having won their last five games.
South Barber is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Kansas' top teams: Ingalls, who was ranked 24th at the time (South Barber was ranked 22nd). The Chieftains snuck past the Bulldogs with a 25-21 win on Friday.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Austin Swonger and Keegan Nothern. Swonger had a great game and rushed for 147 yards and one score on only ten carries. Meanwhile, Nothern was balling out in the loss, rushing for 146 yards and three TDs while picking up 9.1 yards per carry, and also picking up 53 receiving yards.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Pawnee Heights challenged Moscow on Friday. The Tigers took their matchup with ease, bagging a 65-18 victory over the Wildcats. The result was nothing new for the Tigers, who have now won four games by 47 points or more so far this season.
South Barber's win bumped their record up to 5-1. As for Pawnee Heights, their victory bumped their record up to 4-2.
Everything came up roses for South Barber against Pawnee Heights when the teams last played back in October of 2024, as the squad secured a 32-0 win. Will the Chieftains repeat their success, or do the Tigers have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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