Football Preview: Deshler Tigers vs. West Morgan Rebels
Deshler is on a nine-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while West Morgan is on a 11-game streak of away wins (also dating back to last season): one of those streaks is about to end. The Deshler Tigers will welcome the West Morgan Rebels at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Last Friday, everything went Deshler's way against East Lawrence as Deshler made off with a 44-24 victory. That's two games straight that the Tigers have won by exactly 20 points.
Meanwhile, you're bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter, and that's exactly how it played out for West Morgan on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that they blew Wilson out of the water with a 55-7 final score. The matchup was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 41-0.
West Morgan relied on the efforts of Macarri Johnson, who gained 132 total yards and a touchdown, and Titan Partlow, who threw for 215 yards and two touchdowns while completing 81.8% of his passes.
Deshler's win bumped their record up to 6-3. As for West Morgan, their victory bumped their record up to 9-0.
Deshler might still be hurting after the 56-35 loss they got from West Morgan in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. Thankfully for Deshler, Jalen Fletcher (who rushed for 82 yards and four touchdowns on only ten carries, and also picked up 126 receiving yards and two touchdowns) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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