Knights
| 09/19/25 @ Bayard | 68 |
| 09/11/25 vs Burwell | 38 |
| 08/29/25 @ Anselmo-Merna | 34 |
| 09/04/25 vs Ainsworth | 33 |
Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Sandhills/Thedford). They really took it to the Bayard Tigers for the full four quarters, racking up a 68-8 win. The Knights pushed the score to 60-8 by the end of the third, a deficit the Tigers had no chance of recovering from.
Maurice Robinson produced another solid effort rushing for 60 yards and a pair of touchdowns on only five carries, while also throwing for 143 yards and two TDs while completing 72.7% of his passes. Speaking of playmakers, who could forget Brandon Goshorn, who went all the way with a kickoff return for a touchdown.
Wins are hard to come by when you can't run the rock, something Sandhills/Thedford proved: they limited Bayard to a paltry 2.9 yards per carry. The team can thank Ethan Rabou for the heroic effort on defense: he. Sandhills/Thedford didn't have any issues in that department, having averaged six.
Special teams also played a big role in the game for Sandhills/Thedford, adding 18 points to the final score. The biggest highlight from special teams (and perhaps the team as a whole) came courtesy of Goshorn, who ran a kickoff back for a touchdown. Another bright spot was a punt return touchdown from Carter Anderson.
The victory got Sandhills/Thedford back to even at 2-2. As for Bayard, they dropped their record down to 1-3 with the loss, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season.
We've got plenty of inter-district action coming up soon. Sandhills/Thedford is set to square off against their familiar foe Maxwell at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Meanwhile, Bayard will take on rival Brady at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
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