Football Preview: Warsaw Wildcats vs. Butler Bears
The Warsaw Wildcats will head out on the road to face off against the Butler Bears at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Warsaw is currently enjoying a perfect season and no doubt wants to keep things rolling.
Warsaw is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They never let El Dorado Springs onto the board and left with a 61-0 win on Friday. Given the Wildcats' advantage in MaxPreps' Missouri football rankings (they are ranked 56th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 213th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Warsaw to victory, but perhaps none more so than Garrett Ferguson, who threw for 140 yards and three touchdowns on only nine passes, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground. Josh Harvath helped Ferguson out on the ground, rushing for 107 yards and two touchdowns on only ten carries.
They were just one part of a punishing run game: Warsaw was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 331 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 153 rushing yards in 18 consecutive matches dating back to last season.
Butler never got on the board in their matchup last Friday, but that sure wasn't the case in their game against Cole Camp last Friday. They blew past the Blue Birds 40-6 on the road.
Warsaw's victory was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 6-0. As for Butler, the win got them back to even at 3-3.
Warsaw couldn't quite finish off Butler in their previous matchup back in October of 2023 and fell 30-27. Can Warsaw avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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