Cedar Catholic is 9-1 against Ponca since September of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Cedar Catholic Trojans will challenge the Ponca Indians at 7:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Cedar Catholic has five straight victories, Ponca has five straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Cedar Catholic is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Nebraska's top teams: Battle Creek, who was ranked 21st in their home state at the time (Cedar Catholic was ranked 22nd). Cedar Catholic came out on top against Battle Creek by a score of 21-14 on Friday.
Cedar Catholic can attribute much of their success to Braeden Reifenrath, who rushed for 95 yards and two touchdowns. That's the most rushing yards Reifenrath has posted since back in September of 2023. Backing up that air attack was Breiton Whitmire, who rushed for 103 yards.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Cedar Catholic was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 287 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 282 rushing yards in five consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, a win for Ponca just wasn't in the cards on Friday as the squad wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They were outmatched by Oakland-Craig on the road and fell 44-8.
Cedar Catholic's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 5-1. As for Ponca, their loss dropped their record down to 1-5.
Everything went Cedar Catholic's way against Ponca in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, as Cedar Catholic made off with a 26-0 win. Does Cedar Catholic have another victory up their sleeve, or will Ponca turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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