The Weeping Water Indians will square off against the Elmwood-Murdock Knights at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Weeping Water took a loss when they played away from home last Friday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Friday. They blew past Humboldt-Table Rock-Steinauer 52-11 at home. The result was nothing new for the Indians, who have now won four games by 41 points or more so far this season.
Tucker Bickford continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 161 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 8.5 yards per carry, and also throwing for 96 yards and a touchdown while completing 81.8% of his passes. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Owen Seger was another key player, rushing for 85 yards and two touchdowns on only five carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Weeping Water was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 295 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Humboldt-Table Rock-Steinauer only rushed for 89.
Weeping Water didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. In fact, those interceptions all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Kolby Nash.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Elmwood-Murdock). They claimed a resounding 58-14 victory over Cedar Bluffs on the road. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.
Weeping Water's victory was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 6-1. As for Elmwood-Murdock, they now have a winning record of 4-3.
Weeping Water strolled past Elmwood-Murdock in their previous matchup back in October of 2023 by a score of 20-6. The rematch might be a little tougher for Weeping Water since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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