Ponca is 1-9 against Cedar Catholic since September of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Ponca Indians will be playing in front of their home fans against the Cedar Catholic Trojans at 7:00 p.m.
Ponca is headed into Friday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their fifth straight game on Friday. They were beaten by Oakland-Craig 44-8. While losing is never fun, the Indians can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska football rankings (they are ranked 96th, while the Knights are ranked 35th).
Meanwhile, Cedar Catholic entered their tilt with Battle Creek on Friday with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. They came out on top against the Braves by a score of 21-14.
Braeden Reifenrath was the offensive standout of the match as he rushed for 95 yards and two touchdowns. That's the most rushing yards he has posted since back in September of 2023. Breiton Whitmire handled things on the ground, rushing 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 matchups.
Ponca's defeat dropped their record down to 1-5. As for Cedar Catholic, they pushed their record up to 5-1 with the victory, which was their third straight at home.
Ponca might still be hurting after the 26-0 loss they got from Cedar Catholic in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Cedar Catholic's Brady Hochstein, who rushed for 50 yards and three touchdowns. Now that Ponca knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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