The Medicine Valley Raiders are on the road again on Thursday to play the Southwest Roughriders at 7:00 p.m. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Medicine Valley might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 56-31 to Sumner-Eddyville-Miller, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior. While losing is never fun, the Raiders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska football rankings (they are ranked 111th, while the Mustangs are ranked 23rd).
Meanwhile, Southwest suffered their biggest loss since September 29, 2023 on Friday. They lost 67-45 to Wallace. The Roughriders have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Southwest's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Houston Billeter, who threw for 402 yards and six touchdowns while completing 72.5% of his passes, and Deric Kelley, who picked up 128 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Billeter is on a roll when it comes to passing touchdowns, as he's now passed for three or more in the last four games he's played dating back to last season.
Medicine Valley's loss was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 0-5. As for Southwest, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-2.
Everything came up roses for Medicine Valley against Southwest in their previous meeting back in September of 2017, as the team secured a 42-6 win. Does Medicine Valley have another victory up their sleeve, or will Southwest turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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