Wall entered their tilt with Idalou on Friday with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. They put the hurt on the Idalou Wildcats with a sharp 33-10 win. Considering the Hawks have won three contests by more than 20 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Wall's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Thomas Leanos led the charge by rushing for 131 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.3 yards per carry. Those 131 rushing yards gave Leanos a new career-high.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Wall was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 248 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 64.7 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last three games they've averaged 170.3.
Wall didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Briggs Jones, Ethan Michalewicz, and Garrett Guy picked up one apiece. Guy is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made five or more in the last five games he's played dating back to last season. Wall got some further help from Dylan Sellers: he made 12 total tackles (1.0 for loss).
Wall pushed their record up to 5-1 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. As for Idalou, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 4-2.
Wall will head out to face off against Merkel at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Wall is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 27.2 points per game this season. As for Idalou, they will have a little extra prep time after the defeat as they won't be playing again for a while. They'll take on Roosevelt at 7:00 p.m. on October 18th.
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