It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Andrean had no problem doing just that on Friday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Wheeler Bearcats a 19-0 shutout. That's more bragging rights for the Fighting 59ers, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
The critical scores for Andrean came from James Finley and Ethan Reyna.
Andrean was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 211 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 89.8 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last three matches they've averaged 221.
One reason for the win was Andrean's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for four sacks. In that department, Landen Murray was the leader with two. He also made six total tackles, which is notable because Andrean is 6-1 when he posts at least four total tackles, but 1-3 otherwise.
Andrean is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 7-4 record this season. As for Wheeler, their loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 8-3.
Andrean will take on Bremen at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Andrean's defense has only allowed 13.5 points per game this season, so Bremen's offense will have their work cut out for them. Wheeler does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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