The Southwest Roughriders are taking a road trip to face off against the Paxton Tigers at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Southwest has seven straight victories, Paxton has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
On Friday, Southwest humbled Sumner-Eddyville-Miller with a 65-30 victory. Considering the Roughriders have won six games by more than 23 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Houston Billeter
| 10/17/25 vs Sumner-Eddyville-Miller | 6 |
| 10/10/25 vs Wauneta-Palisade | 3 |
| 10/03/25 @ Medicine Valley | 2 |
| 09/26/25 vs Wallace | 3 |
| 09/18/25 @ South Platte | 2 |
| + 2 more games |
Houston Billeter had another great game (as he tends to do), throwing for 379 yards and six TDs while picking up 15.8 yards per attempt, and also rushing for 111 yards and one touchdown on only ten carries. Thanks to that big game, he is now up to 22 passing touchdowns on the season. Southwest's leading receiver Deric Kelley was Billeter's top target yet again, picking up 110 receiving yards and a pair of scores.
Wins are hard to come by when you can't run the rock, something Southwest proved: they limited Sumner-Eddyville-Miller to a paltry 3.1 yards per carry. The team can thank Gage Hammond for the heroic effort on defense: he. Southwest didn't have any issues in that department, having averaged 7.8.
Meanwhile, Paxton took a blow against Medicine Valley on Friday, falling 69-37. While the Tigers didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Raiders 18-13 in the first quarter.
Southwest's win bumped their record up to 7-0. As for Paxton, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-6.
Everything went Southwest's way against Paxton when the teams last played back in October of 2024, as Southwest made off with a 31-6 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Roughriders since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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