Sandhills Post
OGALLALA, NEB. - Our week 5 Sandhills Area Game of the Week takes us to Alliance as this weeks matchup features the 2-2 Ogallala Indians taking on the 2-2 Alliance Bulldogs. Ogallala is heading into this contest riding a 2 game winning streak after they defeated Cozad in Week 3 28-26 than last week winning at home against Gering 38-28 last Friday.
Last week, Ogallala rushed for 294 yards and leading the way was the senior Caden Rezac. Rezac had 13 carries for 178 yards and 4 touchdowns. Air Force commit Harry Caskey had carried the rock 15 times for 95 yards and 1 touchdown. The Indians, who switched to a heavy rush offense has ran for 967 yards through 4 weeks, averaging 242 rushing yards a game. Caskey and Rezac both have a team high 418 rushing yards.
Alliance is led by first year head coach TD Stein, the former Chadron High Standout and two-time all state honorable mention. Stein would snap Alliance's 23 game losing streak in their week 2 matchup against Gordon-Rushville, where the Bulldogs won 24-20. Alliance would win the following week against Valentine before falling to Gothenburg last week 46-12.
Stein runs an air raid offense led by senior quarterback Landen Crowe. Through 4 games, Crowe has thrown for 990 yards, 10 touchdowns, and been picked off 8 times. Crowe's top weapon this season is senior wideout Tristen Timbers. Timbers has a team high 508 receiving yards and 29 catches and has found the end zone 5 times. Through 4 games, the Bulldogs have thrown for 996 yards.
This week 5 Sandhills Area Game of the Week features a smashmouth run offense from Ogallala vs an air raid offense from Alliance. We will have all the action live from Alliance high school with our Kwik Stop pregame coverage set to begin at 6:30 pm mountain/7:30 pm central with kickoff set for 7:00pm mountain/8:00 central. You can tag along for the action with Canon Rath on Flatrock 100.7 or you can stream the game on at https://flatrock1007.com/.
There is chance of rain tomorrow night in Alliance so follow along with the Sandhills Post to get you weather updates heading into tomorrow evenings contest.