Football Recap: Weeping Water Indians vs. Giltner Hornets
Weeping Water never let their opponents score on Friday. They claimed a resounding 54-0 win over the Giltner Hornets at home. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Indians.
Weeping Water's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Tucker Bickford, who rushed for 91 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries, and also threw for 59 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave him a new career- in total yards. Luke Harms was another key rusher, rushing for 65 yards and two touchdowns.
Weeping Water wouldn't let Giltner keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Weeping Water can thank John Ridge and Jeremiah Keene for forcing both of them. Ridge got the majority of those receiving yards when he pulled down a pass and took off for a gain of 59 yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Weeping Water was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 338 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Giltner only rushed for -14.
Weeping Water's win was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 2-0. As for Giltner, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 0-2.
Weeping Water is packing up and heading out on the road for their first away game this season. they face off against Nebraska Lutheran at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Giltner, they will square off against Blue Hill at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
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