The Omaha Westside Warriors will take on the Omaha Central Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Omaha Westside will be coming into the matchup with an undefeated record on the line.
Omaha Westside is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Nebraska's top teams: Bellevue West, who was ranked 24th in their home state at the time (Omaha Westside was ranked second). Omaha Westside simply couldn't be stopped on Thursday as they easily beat Bellevue West 52-21 at home. The Warriors pushed the score to 45-21 by the end of the third, a deficit the Thunderbirds had little chance of recovering from.
A big part of Omaha Westside's victory came down to the chemistry between Braylen Warren and his top target Eli Johnson. Warren threw for 244 yards and three touchdowns while completing 81.3% of his passes while Johnson picked up 94 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Keynan Cotton also helped with two touchdowns in total.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Omaha Central). They took their contest on the road on Friday with ease, bagging a 64-13 win over Buena Vista. With the Eagles ahead 57-0 at the half, the match was all but over already.
Omaha Westside's victory was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 4-0. As for Omaha Central, the win got them back to even at 2-2.
Everything came up roses for Omaha Westside against Omaha Central in their previous matchup back in September of 2017 as the team secured a 63-7 victory. In that game, Omaha Westside amassed a halftime lead of 49-7, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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