The Hi-Plains Patriots will take on the North Park Wildcats at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Hi-Plains will come in still looking for their first win of the season.
Hi-Plains played against Stratton and lost via forfeit.
Having struggled with ten defeats in a row dating back to last season, North Park finally turned things around against Weldon Valley on Saturday. They breezed by the Warriors at home to the tune of 41-8. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Wildcats considering their 12-point performance the matchup before.
Gavin Pittington continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 262 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 9.7 yards per carry, and also catching a touchdown. He showed off some serious burst, cutting through the defense on one rush that went for 61 yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, North Park was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 399 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since the start of last season.
North Park didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. In fact, those interceptions all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Curtis Hopkins.
Hi-Plains' loss dropped their record down to 0-8. As for North Park, their win ended a five-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 1-6.
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