The Arapahoe Warriors will face off against the Dundy County-Stratton Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Dundy County-Stratton is hoping to do what Southern Valley couldn't on Friday: put an end to Arapahoe's winning streak, which now stands at four games. Arapahoe claimed a resounding 67-6 win over Southern Valley on the road. Given the Warriors' advantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska football rankings (they are ranked 11th, while the Eagles are ranked 130th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Arapahoe got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Grayson Koller out in front who rushed for 139 yards and two touchdowns on only five carries, and also caught a touchdown. The dominant performance gave Koller a new career-high in rushing yards. Another back making a difference was William Cacy, who rushed for 135 yards and three touchdowns on only seven carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Arapahoe was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 411 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 179 rushing yards in nine consecutive matches dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Dundy County-Stratton). They blew past Hi-Line [Eustis-Farnam/Elwood] 50-7 at home on Friday. The win was just business as usual for the Tigers, who after four games remain undefeated this season.
Dundy County-Stratton's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. Ethan Latta picked up that interception and then proceeded to rub salt in the wound by taking it back the other way for a touchdown.
Arapahoe's victory bumped their record up to 4-0. As for Dundy County-Stratton, they pushed their record up to 4-0 with the win, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season.
Arapahoe was dealt a bruising 44-8 defeat at the hands of Dundy County-Stratton in their previous matchup back in October of 2019. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point Arapahoe was down 36-0.
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