It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Wausau West can now relate to. They took a 28-14 bruising from the Waunakee Warriors on Friday. While losing is never fun, Wausau West can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Wisconsin football rankings (they are ranked 88th, while Waunakee is ranked 13th).
Wausau West's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Bennett Matteson, who picked up 85 receiving yards and a touchdown, and Cooper DePuydt, who gained 85 total yards.
Wausau West wouldn't let Waunakee keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Wausau West can thank Teigan Rasmus and Marcus MacDonald for forcing both of them. Rasmus also set a new season high mark in total tackles with six.
Wausau West's defeat dropped their record down to 5-5. As for Waunakee, the win (which was their eighth in a row) raised their record to 9-1.
Wausau West does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Waunakee, they will take on Middleton at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Waunakee is looking to tack on another W to their eight-game streak on the road dating back to last season.
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