The Manhattan Tigers will take on the Malta/Whitewater/Saco/Dodson Mustangs on Friday. Both teams are still undefeated after 12-games, but that won't be the case come Friday.
Manhattan is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They breezed by Red Lodge/Belfry/Roberts to the tune of 34-7. Considering the Tigers have won eight matchups by more than 21 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Meanwhile, Malta/Whitewater/Saco/Dodson faced Florence-Carlton in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Friday. Malta/Whitewater/Saco/Dodson never let Florence-Carlton onto the board and left with a 37-0 win. The Mustangs might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won nine matches by 22 points or more this season.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Malta/Whitewater/Saco/Dodson to victory, but perhaps none more so than Stockton Oxarart, who threw for 287 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 14.4 yards per attempt, and also rushed for 38 yards. Oxarart has been hot , having posted three or more passing touchdowns the last six times he's played. Dawson Hammond was Oxarart's top target, picking up 128 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
Malta/Whitewater/Saco/Dodson didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Hammond and Kazner Oxarart.
Malta/Whitewater/Saco/Dodson pushed their record up to 12-0 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 28.9 points. As for Manhattan, their win bumped their record up to 12-0.
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