The Billings Central Catholic Rams will challenge the Laurel Locomotives at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Billings Central Catholic sitting on 11 straight wins and Laurel on four.
Billings Central Catholic is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They put the hurt on Fergus with a sharp 34-14 victory. Considering the Rams have won nine matches by more than 19 points this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.
Howie Martin was his usual excellent self, rushing for 35 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Another big playmaker for Billings Central Catholic was William Snell, who returned a punt for a touchdown.
Billings Central Catholic was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 279 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 229.6 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last five matchups they've averaged 233.
Meanwhile, Laurel faced Havre in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Saturday. Laurel beat Havre by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 35-28.
Laurel's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Curtis Fox, who gained 227 total yards and three touchdowns, and Krew Hunter, who rushed for 104 yards and a touchdown. Fox has been hot recently, having also posted two or more rushing touchdowns the last four times he's played.
Billings Central Catholic pushed their record up to 11-0 with the win, which was their seventh straight at home. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 32.3 points. As for Laurel, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-2 record this season.
Friday's contest might be decided in the on the ground. Billings Central Catholic has been unstoppable on the ground this season, having averaged 231.9 rushing yards per game. However, it's not like Laurel struggles in that department as they've been averaging 187. It's looking like Friday's match might have some serious battles in the trenches.
Billings Central Catholic took their victory against Laurel when the teams last played back in September by a conclusive 31-7. Does Billings Central Catholic have another victory up their sleeve, or will Laurel turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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