It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Wood River had no problem doing just that on Friday. They walked away with a 41-30 win over the Doniphan-Trumbull Cardinals. The victory was familiar territory for the Eagles who have now won six matches in a row.
Leading Wood River to victory were Beau Rohrich and Madden Brabec. Rohrich rushed for 273 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 10.9 yards per carry, while Brabec rushed for 168 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 8.8 yards per carry. Those 168 rushing yards gave Brabec a new career-high.
Wood River was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 457 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 200 rushing yards in eight consecutive contests.
When it comes to explaining why Doniphan-Trumbull lost, don't look at Taylon Bennett. Despite the final result, he picked up 80 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Wood River's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 9-1. As for Doniphan-Trumbull, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 7-3.
Wood River will take on Kearney Catholic at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Kearney Catholic is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 33.2 points per game this season. Doniphan-Trumbull does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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