Football Preview: Pleasant Hope/Halfway vs. Warsaw Wildcats
Pleasant Hope/Halfway will square off against the Warsaw Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Pleasant Hope/Halfway has struggled recently with three defeats in a row, while Warsaw will arrive with eight straight wins.
Pleasant Hope/Halfway's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Hayti on Friday. They took a blow against the Indians, falling 62-0. The matchup marked the first time this year in which Pleasant Hope/Halfway was not able to get on the board.
Meanwhile, Warsaw blew past Midway, posting a 40-7 victory at home. The result was nothing new for the Wildcats, who have now won five contests by 33 points or more so far this season.
Warsaw's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Josh Harvath, who rushed for 188 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 11.1 yards per carry, and Garrett Ferguson, who rushed for 129 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 8.1 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave Harvath a new career-high in rushing yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Warsaw was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 402 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 153 rushing yards in 20 consecutive matches dating back to last season.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Warsaw's defense and their three sacks. Drake Murrell was especially locked on to Midway's QB and sacked him twice.
Pleasant Hope/Halfway's loss dropped their record down to 1-5. As for Warsaw, they pushed their record up to 8-0 with the win, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season.
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