After starting their season with two straight games on the road, Moundridge is finally coming home. They will look to take advantage of their home-field as they take on the Medicine Lodge Indians at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Last Friday, Moundridge made easy work of Sterling and carried off a 28-7 win.
Meanwhile, Medicine Lodge won against Belle Plaine last Friday with 48 points and they decided to stick to that point total again on Friday. Medicine Lodge took their game at home with ease, bagging a 48-10 victory over Chaparral. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Indians.
Keveon Ruiz had a dynamite game for Medicine Lodge, rushing for 164 yards and three touchdowns on only 11 carries, while also throwing for 229 yards and two touchdowns. Ruiz really tore up the turf during one magnificent 80-yard run. Durham Nittler was Ruiz's top target, picking up 80 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Medicine Lodge was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 211 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in October of 2023.
Moundridge's win was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 2-0. As for Medicine Lodge, their victory bumped their record up to an identical 2-0.
Moundridge came up short against Medicine Lodge when the teams last played back in September of 2021, falling 34-30. Can Moundridge avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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