The Dumas Demons will venture away from home to challenge the West Plains Wolves at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
The home team had won the previous four meetings between Dumas and Hereford, and Dumas kept the tradition alive. The Demons simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat the Whitefaces 38-10. The Demons pushed the score to 35-3 by the end of the third, a deficit the Whitefaces cut but never quite recovered from.
Meanwhile, West Plains had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 38.5 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They took their contest with ease, bagging a 62-13 victory over the Raiders. With the Wolves ahead 49-7 at the half, the game was all but over already.
Dumas better focus on containing SLADE RUSSELL and REID MACON as the pair were huge in West Plains' win. RUSSELL gained 221 total yards and three touchdowns, while MACON threw for 233 yards and three touchdowns while completing 90% of his passes. RUSSELL's rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his third straight game with at least 129 rushing yards. 87 of MACON's passing yards were hauled in by KADE SCHNEIDER, who also brought in a receiving touchdown.
West Plains was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 353 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 202 rushing yards in four consecutive matchups.
Dumas' record is now 6-2. As for West Plains, their record now sits at 7-1.
Dumas took a serious blow against West Plains in their previous matchup back in November of 2024, falling 42-14. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of MACON, who rushed for 117 yards and a pair of scores on only seven carries, and also threw for 227 yards and two TDs while completing 87.5% of his passes. Now that the Demons know the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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