Football Preview: Westinghouse Warriors vs. Morgan Park Mustangs
The Westinghouse Warriors will challenge the Morgan Park Mustangs at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
If Westinghouse beats Morgan Park with 44 points on Saturday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two matches with that exact score. Westinghouse blew past Chicago Vocational 44-0 on the road on Saturday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Warriors.
Meanwhile, Morgan Park owes their defense a big pat on the back after their performance on Friday. They blew past Oak Park-River Forest 26-0. Given the Mustangs' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois football rankings (they are ranked 45th, while the Huskies are ranked 273rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Terrance Gurley had an outrageously good game as he rushed for 161 yards and two touchdowns on only 14 carries.
Gurley wasn't the only one working in the rushing yards department: Morgan Park was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 253 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in August of 2023.
Morgan Park's defense stepped up as well, laying out the QB five times. Demetris Rule was particularly dangerous to the passing game, picking up three sackshimself.
Westinghouse's win bumped their record up to 2-0. As for Morgan Park, the victory also got them back to even at 1-1.
Westinghouse came out on top in a nail-biter against Morgan Park when the teams last played back in September of 2018, sneaking past 14-12. Does Westinghouse have another victory up their sleeve, or will Morgan Park turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
