The Apache Warriors and the Southwest Covenant Patriots are set to duel on Thursday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Apache is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They won a match that couldn't have been any closer, slipping by Thomas-Fay-Custer 34-33. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Warriors.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Southwest Covenant, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Friday. They breezed by Carnegie at home to the tune of 41-12 on Friday. The score at the end of the third wound up being the final score as the Patriots just coasted through the last quarter.
Asher Hoover was nothing short of spectacular: he threw for 174 yards and two touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes, and also rushed for 67 yards and a touchdown on only six carries. Those 67 rushing yards gave him a new career-high. A healthy portion of that aerial production (108 yards to be exact) went to Tripp Niles, who also brought in a receiving touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Southwest Covenant was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 205 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
The win got Apache back to even at 3-3. As for Southwest Covenant, their victory bumped their record up to 4-2.
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