RPAC Rundown Featured Matchup Preview: #3 Garden County @ #2 Wallace
On Friday, November 13, 2026, the No. 2-seeded Wallace Wildcats will host the No. 3-seeded Garden County in a Class D6 NSAA State playoff semifinal. For Garden County, it's a chance to defend the state championship they won last year. And for Wallace, they are looking to make it to their first-ever state football championship game.
Earlier this season, Garden County beat Wallace 42-16. That was a game in which the Eagles were coming off a close loss to Southwest and then played Wallace.
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For Garden County, so far in the playoffs, they have beaten Meridian 58-12 and then Medicine Valley last week in the second round, 44-22. This team is elite on defense, allowing just 12.1 points per game. They don't have a problem scoring points on offense, averaging 51.8. They have three players with over 450 rushing yards this season, so it's clear what they like to do on offense: run the football. Of course, the Eagles are the defending state champs, as we mentioned earlier, and they returned several players from that roster.
For Wallace; they are looking to make it to their first-ever state championship. Prior to this year, the last time they played in a semifinal game was in 2021. The Wildcats beat High Plains Community in the first round, 32-12. Then they beat Southwest in a rematch, 56-28. For Wallace, their identity is clear on offense, averaging nearly 300 rushing yards per game. Tyson Sullivan has been the go-to running back, with over 1,600 rushing yards and nearly 30 touchdowns on the ground.
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What will be key in this game is who can establish the ground game and who can get stops on defense.
That's what's great about games like this at the end of the year. These are a total coin flip.
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