Football Preview: West Central Trojans vs. LaVille Lancers
The West Central Trojans and the LaVille Lancers are set to duel on Friday. West Central is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 27.8 points per game this season.
Last Friday, West Central was able to grind out a solid victory over North White, taking the game 26-14.
Christian Hughes was nothing short of spectacular: he rushed for 66 yards and two touchdowns on only six carries. Connor Huber made the highlight reel by snagging an interception and taking it all the way to the house.
West Central didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Huber and Felipe Bazan.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask LaVille). They claimed a resounding 56-20 win over Whiting on the road. The matchup was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Lancers had established a 35 point advantage.
Cole Stafford had an outrageously good game as he rushed for 255 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 8.8 yards per carry, and also picked up 35 receiving yards. Those 255 rushing yards gave him a new career-high.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: LaVille was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 354 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 84.8 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last three contests they've averaged 169.3.
West Central is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 6-3 record this season. As for LaVille, their record is now 4-5.
West Central was taken down by LaVille 63-16 in their previous meeting back in August of 2016. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point West Central was down 50-8.
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