Burley is 0-9 against Twin Falls since September of 2014 but things could change on Friday. The Burley Bobcats have the luxury of staying home for another week and will welcome the Twin Falls Bruins at 7:00 p.m. Burley is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 26.9 points per game this season.
Burley's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They blew past Jerome 33-0 at home. The Bobcats pushed the score to 26-0 by the end of the third, a deficit the Tigers had little chance of recovering from.
Boddee Coombes was his usual excellent self, rushing for 166 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.9 yards per carry, and also catching a touchdown. Another player making a difference was JD Tarbet, who threw for 214 yards and three touchdowns on only ten passes.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Burley was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 275 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.
Meanwhile, Twin Falls entered their match against Hillcrest on Friday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Twin Falls fell 17-7 to Hillcrest. The contest marked the Bruins' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
Burley's victory bumped their record up to 3-4. As for Twin Falls, their loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 3-3.
Burley came up short against Twin Falls when the teams last played back in October of 2023, falling 27-20. Will Burley have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more football content.
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