The Centennial Bulldogs will head out on the road to square off against the Las Vegas Wildcats at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Centennial is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed by Desert Oasis at home to the tune of 55-21 last Thursday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.
Centennial's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Khy Harris, who gained 200 total yards and four touchdowns, and Ashton Hunt, who threw for 371 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 12.0 yards per attempt. Hunt is becoming a predictor of Centennial's success: when he posts at least three passing touchdowns the team is 3-1 (and 0-4 when he doesn't). Mason Garza also helped out with an impressive 132 receiving yards.
Centennial didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off four passes before the game was over. Michael Babb led the group effort, picking up two of those interceptions all by himself.
Meanwhile, Las Vegas strolled past Durango with points to spare on Friday, taking the game 42-26. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Wildcats.
Centennial has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 3-5 record this season. As for Las Vegas, their victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-2.
Centennial couldn't quite finish off Las Vegas in their previous meeting back in September of 2016 and fell 24-21. Thankfully for Centennial, Diquan Brown (who rushed for 123 yards and two touchdowns) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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