Sterling and Pawnee City are an even 4-4 against one another since September of 2014, but not for long. The Sterling Jets will welcome the Pawnee City Indians at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The squads are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Sterling has struggled recently with three defeats in a row, while Pawnee City will arrive with five straight wins.
Sterling is headed into the match out to prove that what happened against Diller-Odell on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Sterling came up short against Diller-Odell, falling 72-47.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Pawnee City). They took their matchup at home on Friday with ease, bagging a 61-0 victory over Lewiston. Fans of the Indians have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 20+ points.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Pawnee City was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 297 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 157 rushing yards in eight consecutive contests dating back to last season.
Sterling now has a losing record at 2-3. As for Pawnee City, they pushed their record up to 5-0 with the win, which was their third straight at home.
Sterling was dealt a bruising 44-13 loss at the hands of Pawnee City in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Pawnee City's Anthony Kling, who rushed for 141 yards and three touchdowns on only 15 carries. Now that Sterling knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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