Anselmo-Merna entered their tilt with Palmer on Friday with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. They blew past the Tigers 56-8. The  matchup was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached  48-0.

 Dane Duryea
| 10/17/25 vs Palmer | 137.5 | 
| 10/03/25 @ Burwell | 58.2 | 
| 09/26/25 vs Chambers/Wheeler Central | 30.6 | 
| 09/19/25 @ Central Valley | 0.50 | 
| 09/12/25 vs Loomis | 76.2 | 
| + 9 more games | 
 Dane Duryea had another great game (as  he tends to do), rushing for 126 yards and five  touchdowns on only 13 carries. What's more,  he racked up 137.5  passer rating, the most he's  had since back in August of 2024.  Timmy Myers was another key player, gaining 96 total yards and a touchdown.
 Wins are hard to come by when you can't run the rock, something Anselmo-Merna proved: they limited Palmer to a paltry 0.8 yards per carry. The team can thank  Drake Doss for the heroic effort on defense: he. Anselmo-Merna's run defense has been on the up-and-up: they allowed 4.72 yards per carry earlier this season, but they've only allowed 7.7 on average over their last five games.
 Anselmo-Merna's defense didn't let  the opposing QB, get away unscathed either: they got into the backfield for five sacks. The heavy lifting was done by  Jarrett Wells and  Tate Seevers, who racked up  four sacks between them.
Anselmo-Merna's victory bumped their record up to 7-1. As for Palmer, they dropped their record down to 2-6 with the  loss, which was their sixth straight  on the road dating back to last season.
 Coming up, Anselmo-Merna will face off against Lyons-Decatur Northeast at 5:00  p.m.  on Thursday. That  contest will pit two of the most dominant  signal callers against one another:  Duryea and  Brady Hayes. Palmer does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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