Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin is 3-0 against Iroquois West since August of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin Blue Devils will challenge the Iroquois West Raiders at 7:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin has three straight victories, Iroquois West has five straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Last Friday, Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin humbled Hoopeston/Armstrong with a 49-14 victory. The Blue Devils pushed the score to 49-8 by the end of the third, a deficit the cut but never quite recovered from.
Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Ethan Dubois out in front who rushed for 68 yards and a touchdown on only five carries. Dubois' longest rush was for an impressive 60 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. The team also got some help courtesy of Eli Mcconkey, who punched in a rushing score.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 317 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 45-13, which was the final score in Iroquois West's tilt against Salt Fork on Friday.
Despite the loss, Iroquois West saw an underclassman step up: Aaiden Miller threw for 38 yards and two touchdowns, and also rushed for 59 yards on only six carries. Wyatt Breen also helped with two touchdowns in total.
Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin's victory bumped their record up to 3-0. As for Iroquois West, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-3.
Everything went Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin's way against Iroquois West in their previous meeting back in September of 2023 as Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin made off with a 44-20 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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