After each having a week off, the McQueen Lancers and the Spanish Springs Cougars will dust off their jerseys to challenge one another at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. McQueen is no doubt hoping to put an end to a four-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
McQueen is headed into the match out to prove that what happened against Douglas last Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. McQueen was dealt a 49-21 defeat at the hands of Douglas.
Meanwhile, Spanish Springs faced Reno in a battle between two of the state's top teams last Friday. Everything went Spanish Springs' way against Reno as Spanish Springs made off with a 34-12 win. The result was nothing new for the Cougars, who have now won three contests by 22 points or more so far this season.
Tyson Mcneil had a dynamite game for Spanish Springs, throwing for 218 yards and three touchdowns while completing 79.2% of his passes, and also rushing for 30 yards. Brady Hummel was another key player, picking up 50 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Spanish Springs was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 250 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 63.4 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last three games they've averaged 193.3.
Spanish Springs' defense made their presence known, laying out Braylon Wilson. six times. The heavy lifting was done by Hunter Mclean and Dawson Gubler, who racked up five sacks between them.
McQueen's loss dropped their record down to 3-5. As for Spanish Springs, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 5-3 record this season.
McQueen came up short against Spanish Springs in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, falling 20-14. Can McQueen avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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