The Newman Grove/St. Edward Panthers are taking a road trip to challenge the Humphrey-Lindsay Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Newman Grove/St. Edward will come in still looking for their first win of the season.
It's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 50-6, which was the final score in Newman Grove/St. Edward's tilt against David City on Friday. The Panthers were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 44-0.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Humphrey-Lindsay). They simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat Madison 54-22 on the road. The high-scoring effort was just what the Bulldogs needed considering they were shutout in their previous match.
Caden Brandl continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 96 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 carries, while also catching a touchdown. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Garett Durkop was another key player, picking up 82 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Humphrey-Lindsay was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 275 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Humphrey-Lindsay's defense made their presence known, laying out the QB three times. Leading the way was Seth Preister with two sacks. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 5.5 total tackles per game.
Newman Grove/St. Edward's loss dropped their record down to 0-4. As for Humphrey-Lindsay, the win got them back to even at 2-2.
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