Two dominant signal callers in Rio Litmer and Cam O'Hara are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Highlands Bluebirds will challenge the Cooper Jaguars at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Highlands is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. Everything went their way against Pulaski County as Highlands made off with a 42-18 win. The victory was nothing new for the Bluebirds as they're now sitting on eight straight.
Litmer was his usual excellent self, throwing for 329 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 12.7 yards per attempt. 134 of those passing yards were hauled in by Adam Surrey.
Highlands didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off four passes before the game was over. Gabe Williams led the group effort, picking up two of those interceptions all by himself.
Meanwhile, Cooper put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They really took it to Southwestern for the full four quarters, racking up a 56-15 win. With the Jaguars ahead 41-7 at the half, the contest was all but over already.
Cooper relied on the efforts of O'Hara, who threw for 179 yards and four touchdowns on only 17 passes, and Keagan Maher, who gained 102 total yards and three touchdowns. Maher has been hot , having also posted two or more rushing touchdowns the last seven times he's played.
Highlands is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 12-2 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 11.3 points per game. As for Cooper, they pushed their record up to 13-0 with the victory, which was their 11th straight at home dating back to last season.
Highlands couldn't quite finish off Cooper in their previous meeting back in September and fell 24-21. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Maher, who rushed for 128 yards and a touchdown while picking up 8.0 yards per carry. Now that Highlands knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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