The Nestucca Bobcats will challenge the Heppner Mustangs at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday.
It was a proper cat-fight when Nestucca challenged Clatskanie on Friday. The Bobcats fell 18-6 to the Tigers.
Meanwhile, Heppner strolled into their game on Friday with a perfect record and they left with the same. They breezed past Grant Union to the tune of 56-0. 56 seems to be a good number for the Mustangs as the team scooped up a win with the same number of points in their previous game.
Nestucca better keep an eye on Alakae Rodriguez. He was instrumental in Heppner's win, rushing for 110 yards and a pair of TDs on only eight carries. That's the most rushing yards Rodriguez has posted since back in September. Another player making a difference was Caleb George, who rushed for 50 yards and one touchdown.
Heppner was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 340 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 170 rushing yards in ten consecutive matchups dating back to last season.
Nestucca's defeat dropped their record down to 6-3. As for Heppner, their record is now 9-0.
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