Plainfield put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. Everything went their way against the Perry Meridian Falcons as the Plainfield Quakers made off with a 35-12 victory. The Quakers pushed the score to 28-6 by the end of the third, a deficit the Falcons had little chance of recovering from.
Westyn Weyrich was his usual excellent self, rushing for 131 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 7.7 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Luke Starnes, who rushed for 210 yards while picking up 9.5 yards per carry.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Plainfield was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 365 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 204 rushing yards in four consecutive contests.
Although Perry Meridian took the loss, they still got scores from Ethan Neffle and Jonathan Hunter.
Plainfield's win bumped their record up to 4-0. As for Perry Meridian, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-2.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Plainfield will challenge Greenwood at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Greenwood knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 31 point or more in their past three matchups -- so hopefully Plainfield likes a good challenge. As for Perry Meridian, they will take on Whiteland at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
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