After two games on the road, Decatur is heading back home. They will welcome the White River Hornets at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Decatur is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took their game on the road on Thursday with ease, bagging a 62-0 victory over Kentlake. Given the Golden Gators' advantage in MaxPreps' Washington football rankings (they are ranked 13th, while the Falcons are ranked 268th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
White River never got on the board in their matchup last Friday, but that sure wasn't the case in their game against Kent-Meridian last Thursday. They breezed by the Royals at home to the tune of 45-7.
White River had a senior duo take command as Tristan Waterman threw for 256 yards and four touchdowns while completing 76.5% of his passes and Tate Bowen picked up 169 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Those 256 passing yards set a new season-high mark for Waterman.
Decatur's win was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 7-0. As for White River, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 5-2 record this season.
Everything went Decatur's way against White River in their previous matchup back in November of 2015, as Decatur made off with a 21-0 victory. Will Decatur repeat their success, or does White River have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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