Football Preview: Waterloo Bulldogs vs. Taylorville Tornadoes
The Waterloo Bulldogs will face off against the Taylorville Tornadoes at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Waterloo comes in on five and Taylorville on three.
Waterloo's offense will try to repeat the strong performance it gave on Saturday, when they got past Chester's usually-dominant defense. Waterloo walked away with a 35-28 win over Chester.
Meanwhile, Taylorville was able to grind out a solid victory over Charleston two weeks ago, taking the game 35-23.
Taylorville can attribute much of their success to Baron Odam, who threw for 185 yards and two touchdowns while completing 76.9% of his passes, and Owen Mateer, who rushed for 154 yards and two touchdowns on only 13 carries. Those 154 rushing yards gave Mateer a new career-high.
Taylorville was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 229 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Waterloo's win bumped their record up to 8-1. As for Taylorville, the victory got them back to even at 4-4.
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