Central DeWitt will square off against the Wahlert Golden Eagles on Friday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Central DeWitt sitting on four straight victories and Wahlert on three.
Central DeWitt proved they can win big two weeks ago (they won by 42) and on Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Center Point-Urbana 27-24. Given Central DeWitt's advantage in MaxPreps' Iowa football rankings (they are ranked 39th, while Center Point-Urbana is ranked 147th) , the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Wahlert). They claimed a resounding 49-0 victory over Maquoketa. The score at the end of the third wound up being the final score as the Golden Eagles just coasted through the last quarter.
Wahlert's win bumped their record up to 6-3. As for Central DeWitt, their victory bumped their record up to 8-1.
Central DeWitt didn't have too much breathing room in their matchup against Wahlert in their previous meeting on October 3rd, but they still walked away with a 17-12 win. Will Central DeWitt repeat their success, or does Wahlert has a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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