The Hardee Wildcats are taking a road trip to face off against the Booker Tornadoes at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Hardee is headed into the contest out to prove that what happened against Williston on Thursday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Hardee lost 37-14 to Williston. The Wildcats were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 21-0.
Despite the loss, Hardee got top-tier performance from Shaun Cherry, who rushed for 142 yards on only 13 carries. The dominant performance gave Cherry a new career-high in rushing yards.
Meanwhile, Booker had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 53.3 points) and they went ahead and made it four last Tuesday. They breezed by the Gladiators to the tune of 85-0. The result was nothing new for the Tornadoes, who have now won seven matchups by 27 points or more so far this season.
Booker's victory bumped their record up to 7-3. As for Hardee, with the defeat, they broke their three-game winning streak and moved their record to 5-5.
Hardee was able to grind out a solid win over Booker in their previous meeting back in October of 2021, winning 31-24. Will Hardee repeat their success, or does Booker have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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