The Manzanola Bobcats will venture away from home to square off against the Deer Trail Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Manzanola will head out to face Deer Trail after giving up their first home loss of the season on Friday. Manzanola lost 27-6 to Weldon Valley. The contest marked the Bobcats' lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Deer Trail). They simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat Miami-Yoder 70-34 on the road. The high-scoring effort was just what the Eagles needed considering they were shutout in their previous match.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Deer Trail was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 224 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.
Deer Trail didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Jayden Mingee, Mursal Hussein, and Nevin Musser picked up one apiece. Deer Trail got some further help from Mo Hussein: he made 13 total tackles and defended three passes.
Manzanola now has a losing record at 2-3. As for Deer Trail, their win bumped their record up to 2-4.
Manzanola was taken down by Deer Trail 53-0 in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. Can Manzanola avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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