The Sterling Black Bears will venture away from home to square off against the Trinity Celtics at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Trinity took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on Sterling, who comes in off a win.
Sterling is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They claimed a resounding 55-18 win over South Sumner [Caldwell/South Haven] at home. The Black Bears pushed the score to 48-18 by the end of the third, a deficit the Outlaws had little chance of recovering from.
Zane Farney continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 300 yards and six touchdowns while picking up 17.6 yards per carry. That's the most rushing yards he has posted since back in October of 2023. Backing up that air attack was Wyatt Newberry, who rushed for 80 yards.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Sterling was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 552 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 184 rushing yards in 12 consecutive contests dating back to last season.
Sterling didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Logan Isaac and Newberry.
Meanwhile, Friday just wasn't the day for Trinity's offense. They took a 13-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of Medicine Lodge on Friday. The defeat was just more heartbreak for the Celtics who fell 17-14 when the teams previously met back in October of 2023.
Sterling now has a winning record of 4-3. As for Trinity, they now have a losing record at 3-4.
Sterling didn't have too much breathing room in their matchup against Trinity in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, but they still walked away with a 13-7 victory. Will Sterling repeat their success, or does Trinity have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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