The Slater Wildcats's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Concordia Fighting Orioles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Slater is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They beat Northwest by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 32-30.
Meanwhile, Concordia waltzed into their contest on Friday with nine straight wins... but they left with ten. They took their game with ease, bagging a 49-6 victory over the Greyhounds. The Fighting Orioles might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won nine matches by 29 points or more this season.
Concordia found their leader in sophomore Landon Langkrahr, who picked up two sacks and made 11 total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Concordia's defense made their presence known, laying out the QB eight times. The heavy lifting was done by Langkrahr and Kellen Fiene, who racked up four sacks between them. Langkrahr is on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made five or more in the last 17 games he's played dating back to last season. Maddix Inman was another major factor on D, picking up a sack, forcing a fumble, and making 13 total tackles.
Slater has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 8-4 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 51.6 points per game. As for Concordia, they pushed their record up to 10-1 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home.
Slater was taken down by Concordia 49-20 in their previous matchup back in September. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Concordia's Nephi Hon, who rushed for 75 yards and a touchdown on only five carries, and also threw for 97 yards and three touchdowns on only nine passes. Now that Slater 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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