The East Butler Tigers will face off against the Heartland Huskies at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. East Butler is looking to tack on another W to their three-game streak on the road.
East Butler will roll into the contest after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up 12 points last Friday, then bounced right back against Mead on Friday. East Butler snuck past Mead with a 52-46 victory.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead East Butler to victory, but perhaps none more so than Jakson Smaus, who picked up 143 receiving yards, and also rushed for 41 yards. Those 41 rushing yards gave Smaus a new career-high. Ryder Jarecki was another key player, throwing for 96 yards and three touchdowns.
East Butler didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Smaus and Garrett White. White also set a new season high mark in total tackles with nine.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, East Butler was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 232 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Mead only rushed for 122.
Meanwhile, Heartland was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their eighth straight defeat dating back to last season. They were outmatched by McCool Junction on the road and fell 52-6.
East Butler is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 4-2 record this season. As for Heartland, their loss dropped their record down to 0-6.
East Butler was dealt a bruising 70-42 defeat at the hands of Heartland when the teams last played back in November of 2016. Thankfully for East Butler, Austin Stuhr (who rushed for 334 yards and six touchdowns while picking up 11.1 yards per carry, and also picked up 36 receiving yards) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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