A highly anticipated football match-up will finally get to take place in the 8-Player Quarterfinals on Friday night. The CAM Cougars (9-0) travel to Tabor to face the Fremont-Mills Knights (6-1) and we’ll have coverage on KJAN. The two teams out of 8-Player District 7 were supposed to meet in the regular season back on October 2nd but the Knights were unable to make the trip due to COVID-19 issues. The two talented teams will now get to knock pads with a trip to the UNI-Dome and the Semifinals on the line. CAM Head Coach Barry Bower said his team is excited about the chance to battle the Knights.

Fremont-Mills is led by standout senior and Nebraska commit Seth Malcom. Malcom has rushed for 947 yards and 12 touchdowns, while also hauling in 11 passes for 123 yards and two more scores. Malcom is a force defensively as well, leading the Knights with 73 tackles and 12.5 tackles for loss. Coach Bower said the Cougars need to be sure tacklers on Friday to slow Malcom and the rest of the Knights down.

CAM will counter with a star offensive player of their own in Lane Spieker. He has piled up 1,507 yards rushing with 31 touchdowns and he also spent a chunk of the season at quarterback throwing for 6 scores. Spieker has also caught two touchdown passes and returned a combined six punts and kickoffs back for scores. Fremont-Mills Head Coach Jeremy Christensen knows the Knights will have a challenge keeping Spieker in check.

Fremont-Mills is searching for their seventh trip to the Dome in the past 11 seasons. Coach Christensen said his team his hungry to reach that goal again after missing out on a portion of the regular season.

We’ll have coverage of the Cougars and the Knights from Tabor on Friday night on KJAN. Pregame starts at 6:00 p.m. and kickoff is at 7:00 p.m. Chris Parks and Mike Smith will have the call on AM1220, FM101.1, and online at kjan.com.