The West Potomac Wolverines will head out on the road to face off against the West Springfield Spartans at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. West Potomac is coming into the contest on a four-game losing streak.
West Potomac will head into Thursday's matchup ready to turn things around: they couldn't quite beat Oakton on Thursday, but the three-point margin was a huge improvement compared to the 23-point loss they were dealt last Friday. West Potomac fell just short of Oakton by a score of 17-14.
Even if they lost, West Potomac's defense still kept up the pressure with five sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Michael Freeman and Will Leduc, who racked up four sacks between them. Leduc also set a new season high mark in total tackles with six.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask West Springfield). They managed a 33-28 victory over Robinson on Thursday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.
Mark-Anthony Whyte continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 232 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 carries, while also picking up 46 receiving yards. That's the most rushing yards he has posted since back in August of 2023. Scott Lewis was another key player, throwing for 142 yards and two touchdowns while completing 80% of his passes.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, West Springfield was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 300 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 62.7 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last three matches they've averaged 199.3.
West Potomac's defeat dropped their record down to 1-4. As for West Springfield, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a massive bump to their 3-3 record this season.
West Potomac came up short against West Springfield in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, falling 34-25. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of West Springfield's Brian Walrath, who threw for 266 yards and three touchdowns on only 13 passes. Now that West Potomac knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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