Two dominant backs in Grant Kuntz and Austin Wright are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Fleming Wildcats are taking a road trip to challenge the Arickaree Bison at 12:00 p.m. on Sunday. Fleming is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 44.6 points per game this season.
Fleming is headed into Sunday's match hungry for a win as their strong season has now been derailed by two straight losses. They received a blow last Friday as they fell 45-30 to Caliche.
Fleming's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Conner Marchant, who gained 117 total yards and three touchdowns, and Kuntz, who rushed for 202 yards while picking up 7.8 yards per carry. Marchant also punched in three rushing touchdowns, which is notable because Fleming is undefeated when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns, but 2-3 otherwise.
Meanwhile, Arickaree entered their tilt with Cheraw last Saturday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They came out on top against the Wolverines by a score of 46-37.
Wright was his usual excellent self, rushing for 118 yards and a touchdown, while also throwing for 118 yards and two touchdowns on only 11 passes. An impressive showing, but he really ramped things up playing D: he picked up three sacks, forced a fumble, and made 18 total tackles (6.0 for loss).
Arickaree's defensive line stepped up as well, laying out the QB eight times. Wright led the group effort, picking up three of those sacks all by himself.
Arickaree is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 6-3 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 51.2 points per game. As for Fleming, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 7-3.
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