Bangs has been on the road for two straight, but on Friday they'll finally head home. They will host the Colorado Wolves at 7:00 p.m. Bangs will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more points each game than the last.
Bangs is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Texas Leadership Charter Academy - Abilene 71-6 on the road on Friday. The matchup was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 45-0.
Skylar Minshew was nothing short of spectacular: he rushed for 128 yards and three touchdowns on only seven carries, and also threw for 113 yards and three touchdowns while completing 80% of his passes. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Another player making a difference was Jackson Edmisten, who rushed for 121 yards and a touchdown on only 12 carries.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Bangs' defense and their six sacks. Connor Bible was especially locked on to Texas Leadership Charter Academy - Abilene's QB and sacked him three times. Bible also set a new season high mark in total tackles with eight. Bangs got some further help from Hunter Crowell: he made 11 total tackles (4.0 for loss).
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Bangs was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 385 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Colorado had to endure a four-game losing streak dating back to last season, but that streak is no more. They managed a 34-28 victory over Grape Creek on Friday.
Ryland Senter was his usual excellent self, rushing for 151 yards and three touchdowns on only 13 carries. His longest rush was for an impressive 66 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. The team also got some help courtesy of Jeremaih Green, who rushed for 110 yards and two touchdowns on only 15 carries.
Bangs' win ended a six-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 2-2. As for Colorado, their victory (their first of the season) made their record 1-3.
Friday's contest might be decided in the on the ground. Bangs has been unstoppable on the ground this season, having averaged 244.3 rushing yards per game. However, it's not like Colorado struggles in that department as they've been averaging 202.5. It's looking like Friday's match might have some serious battles in the trenches. Check back here after the action for a full breakdown and analysis of the contest.
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