It'll be Battle of the Birds when Owls takes on the Kingman Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Garden Plain's offense will try to repeat the strong performance it gave on Friday, when they got past Haven's usually-dominant defense. Garden Plain was the clear victor by a 38-14 margin over Haven. Considering the Owls have won three matches by more than 23 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Garden Plain to victory, but perhaps none more so than Brady Brack, who rushed for 56 yards and a touchdown, and also threw for 74 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave Brack a new career-high in rushing yards. Another rusher making a difference was Seth Dugan, who gained 82 total yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Garden Plain was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 300 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 150 rushing yards in 15 consecutive games dating back to last season.
Garden Plain didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Cooper Scheer and Braylen Dold.
Meanwhile, after only six points in their last matchup, Kingman made sure to put some points up on the board against Douglass on Friday. Kingman claimed a resounding 41-12 win over Douglass at home. That looming 41-12 mark stands out as the most commanding margin for the Eagles yet this season.
Garden Plain now has a winning record of 3-2. As for Kingman, they now also have a winning record of 3-2.
Garden Plain came out on top in a nail-biter against Kingman when the teams last played back in October of 2023, sneaking past 28-25. Will Garden Plain repeat their success, or does Kingman have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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