The West Lafayette Red Devils will welcome the Maconaquah Braves at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as West Lafayette comes in on four and Maconaquah on nine.
West Lafayette is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They breezed by Northwestern to the tune of 42-14. Considering the Red Devils have won six games by more than 19 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Dawson Martin continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 299 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 12.0 yards per carry. His longest rush was for an incredible 80 yards. Another player making a difference was Benny Speaker, who rushed for 61 yards and a touchdown on only six carries.
Meanwhile, Maconaquah really took it to Twin Lakes for the full four quarters, racking up a 43-14 win. The Braves might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won nine matchups by 21 points or more this season.
Maconaquah's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Conner Eldridge, who rushed for 159 yards and a touchdown while picking up 9.4 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave Eldridge a new career-high in rushing yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Nolan Tarrh, who picked up 71 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
Maconaquah didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off four passes before the game was over. Tarrh led the group effort, picking up two of those interceptions all by himself.
West Lafayette pushed their record up to 8-3 with the win, which was their tenth straight on the road dating back to last season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 36.7 points per game. As for Maconaquah, their record is now 10-0-1.
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