Pocatello is 8-2 against Twin Falls since August of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Pocatello Thunder will host the Twin Falls Bruins at 7:00 p.m.
Last Friday, Pocatello came up short against Highland and fell 28-18. The match marked the Thunder's lowest-scoring game so far this season.
Meanwhile, Twin Falls entered their tilt with Mountain Home on Friday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They took their contest at home with ease, bagging a 43-16 win over the Tigers.
Ty Hess went supernova for Twin Falls, rushing for 89 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries, while also throwing for 178 yards while completing 82.4% of his passes. The dominant performance gave Hess a new career-high in rushing yards. A healthy portion of that aerial production (97 yards to be exact) went to Cooper Thompson.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Twin Falls was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 237 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 200 rushing yards in four consecutive matchups.
Pocatello's defeat ended a five-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 3-2. As for Twin Falls, they pushed their record up to 3-1 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season.
Pocatello beat Twin Falls 20-7 in their previous matchup back in September of 2023. Will Pocatello repeat their success, or does Twin Falls have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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