7 p.m. Wednesday at Century High School
Records: Century 2-5; Owatonna 5-2.
Last week:Century lost to Northfield 14-7; Owatonna defeated New Prague 29-16.
Last meeting: Owatonna defeated Century 35-14 during the 2015 regular season.
Owatonna notes: The Huskies have won four straight games and are currently the No. 1-ranked seed in Section 1AAAAA. Owatonna is the highest scoring team in the section, averaging 28 points a game. Jason Williamson has 1,063 yards rushing, just the third Owatonna sophomore to ever reach that total. Williamson had 257 yards rushing last week as the Huskies totaled 311 as a team. Quarterback Abe Havelka ran for 58 yards and for 57 in the win over New Prague.
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Century notes:The Panthers another close last-second loss this past Friday. It marked the second time this season when they just missed scoring in the closing seconds and suffered a seven-point setback. Century will have to contend with Owatonna's strong ground game. The Panthers have been very good on defense, and have allowed less than 200 yards total in the last two games, including just five yards on the ground last game. Century's defense is allowing just 188.3 yards a game, 144.9 rushing and a mere 43.4 passing. The Panthers, 2-1 at home, average 15.7 points a game and allow 18.6. Miguel Benjamin is up to 584 yards rushing for the season while Caden Flodstrom has 831 yards passing. Century is currently the No. 6-seeded team in six-team Section 1AAAAA, but could move past Austin with a strong showing this week.
Up next:Century will play on the round in the first round of the Section One, Class AAAAA playoffs on Oct. 25.
— Guy N. Limbeck
