The Southwest Covenant Patriots and the Apache Warriors are set to duel on Thursday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Southwest Covenant took a loss when they played away from home last Friday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Friday. They blew past Carnegie, posting a 41-12 victory at home. The score at the end of the third wound up being the final score as the Patriots just coasted through the last quarter.
Asher Hoover had a dynamite game for Southwest Covenant, throwing for 174 yards and two touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes, and also rushing for 67 yards and a touchdown on only six carries. The dominant performance gave Hoover a new career-high in rushing yards. Tripp Niles was Hoover's top target, picking up 108 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Southwest Covenant was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 205 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Apache). They pulled ahead with a 34-33 photo finish over Thomas-Fay-Custer on Friday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Warriors.
Southwest Covenant's win bumped their record up to 4-2. As for Apache, the victory got them back to even at 3-3.
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