Friday Football: 8-man Week 4 Preview

Week 4 of the 8-man football season has arrived. Here is a preview of the games in District 8.

East Mills (3-0 overall, 1-0 district) at Stanton (1-2 overall, 1-0 district)- 7 p.m. at Stanton High School

The big game around the area features Stanton hosting East Mills. The Vikings got off to a hot start in district play last week when they crushed CAM, 70-12.

The passing attack took a big step forward last week. The connection of David Sorensen to Brady Johnson. Sorensen had 192 passing yards and five touchdowns in last week's win. Johnson had 179 yards receiving and four of those touchdown passes. Johnson leads the district in receiving yards (448) and touchdown catches (eight).

Stanton could make a big statement Friday night by scoring a win against a playoff contender.

East Mills meanwhile is undefeated and recorded its second shutout of the season last week when they defeated Nishnabotna 44-0. The Wolverines have given up nine points on defense this season.

East Mills will try to stay undefeated as they get ready for a showdown next week in Tabor versus Fremont-Mills.

This is the first meeting for the two teams since 2011. The Vikings won three of the last four, however East Mills won 48-12 in 2011.

CAM (1-2 overall, 0-1 district) at Essex (0-3 overall, 0-1 district)- 7 p.m.

Essex remains in search of its first win. They lost last week on the road versus Lenox 66-12. They take on a CAM team that has had its share of struggles thus far in 2014.

CAM lost last week to Stanton.

Essex hasn't won versus CAM since 2007. They've lost four straight times to CAM.

Fremont-Mills (3-0 overall, 1-0 district) at Nishnabotna (0-3 overall, 0-1 district)

With East Mills on the schedule next week, Fremont-Mills will need to focus on Nishnabotna.

Fremont-Mills has gotten off to an undefeated start thus far in the season. They defeated Sidney 51-12, last week. Nishnabotna meanwhile lost to East Mills 44-0, last week.

Lenox (3-0 overall, 1-0 district) at Sidney (2-1 overall, 0-1 district)

Sidney will try to avoid an 0-2 start in the district, but first they need to defeat Lenox. Sidney lost to Fremont-Mills. Lenox meanwhile got the win against Essex.

The Cowboys have won both meetings against Lenox.