AD

Prep Sports

Nokomis breaks undefeated streak in loss

todayOctober 7, 2024 20

Background
share close
AD
AD

NOKOMIS — Nokomis entered their contest against Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond on Friday without any home losses, but there’s a first time for everything. The Nokomis Redskins took a 26-8 bruising from the Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond Knights. The match marked the Redskins’ lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.

When it comes to explaining why Nokomis lost, don’t look at Nolan Herpstreith. Despite the final result, he rushed for 100 yards and a touchdown. Herpstreith’s rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his fourth straight game with at least 100 rushing yards dating back to last season.

Even if they lost, Nokomis’ defense still kept up the pressure with six sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Drake Taylor and Caleb Bauer, who racked up four sacks between them. With that strong performance, Bauer is now averaging an impressive 5.7 total tackles per game.

Having lost for the first time this season, Nokomis fell to 5-1. As for Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond, they pushed their record up to 6-0 with the win, which was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season.

Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Nokomis will welcome Sullivan-Okaw Valley/Bethany at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Nokomis is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they’ve averaged 42 points per game this season. As for Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond, they will host Cerro Gordo/Bement at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond is facing Cerro Gordo/Bement at the right time seeing as Cerro Gordo/Bement is stuck on a six-game losing streak.

Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps

?s=150&d=mp&r=g
Team Reports by MaxPreps
+ posts

Discover more from Heartland Newsfeed

Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.

Written by: Team Reports by MaxPreps

Rate it

Post comments (0)


footer 1

CONTACT US

Heartland Media Group of Central Illinois & Eastern Missouri

CORPORATE OFFICE
800 Capps Ave. Nokomis, IL 62075
Toll-Free: (888) 545-1399
Afterhours: (217) 565-9709

ILLINOIS OPERATIONS
Beginning November 1, 2024
107 W. State St. Suite 3 Nokomis, IL 62075
[email protected]

MISSOURI OPERATIONS
TBD
[email protected]

DEADLINES & PUBLICATION INFORMATION

Daily deadlines
News and sports submissions
: 9 p.m. Central
Advertising: 5 p.m. Central
Radio submissions: 7 p.m. Central

Monday-Friday deadlines
Other business inquiries: 5 p.m. Central

Publication times
Late breaking news as it happens
Normal publication:
11 p.m. Central daily
Other news:
Published as it’s made available

LIVE TRAFFIC COUNTER

ADVERTISEMENT

AD
AD
AD
AD
0%