South Loup will challenge the Perkins County Plainsmen at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are strolling into their games after big wins in their previous games.
South Loup's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They breezed by Arcadia/Loup City at home to the tune of 56-0. The contest marked South Loup's most dominant win of the season.
Conner Paulsen was his usual excellent self, rushing for 179 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 10.5 yards per carry. Those 179 rushing yards gave him a new career-high. Ethan Furne also helped with two touchdowns in total.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, South Loup was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 314 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Perkins County came tearing into Friday's matchup with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 35.3 points) and they left with even more momentum. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the Bobcats 68-20 at home. The Plainsmen might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five games by 28 points or more this season.
South Loup has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 6-2 record this season. As for Perkins County, their victory bumped their record up to an identical 6-2.
South Loup took a serious blow against Perkins County when the teams last played back in September, falling 40-12. Can South Loup avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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