Two dominant wideouts in Dalton Walker and Zane Bourque are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Elkhart Elks will head out to face off against the Arp Tigers at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Elkhart is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed by Buffalo at home to the tune of 72-42 on Friday. With that win, the Elks brought their scoring average up to 27.3 points per game.
A big part of Elkhart's victory came down to the chemistry between Trystyn Tidrow and his top target Walker. Tidrow threw for 294 yards and six touchdowns while completing 76.5% of his passes while Walker gained 239 total yards and four touchdowns. The dominant performance also gave Walker a new career-high in rushing yards. Cody Thomas helped Tidrow out on the ground, picking up 94 receiving yards and a touchdown, while also rushing for 45 yards and a touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Elkhart was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 336 rushing yards. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved they're rushing yard total in four consecutive matches.
Elkhart didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. In fact, those interceptions all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Johnny Wayne Franklin Jr..
Meanwhile, Arp blew past Buffalo, posting a 61-8 win on the road. The contest marked the Tigers' most dominant victory of the season.
Bourque continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 167 yards and two touchdowns on only ten carries, while also throwing for 133 yards and a touchdown. His longest rush was for an impressive 51 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. Another player making a difference was Josh Smith, who rushed for 99 yards and three touchdowns on only ten carries.
Another reason for the win was Arp's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for three sacks. Leading the way was Smith with two. He also punched in three rushing touchdowns, which is notable because Arp is undefeated when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns, but 1-2 otherwise.
The win snapped Elkhart's losing streak at four games and leaves them with a 2-5 record. As for Arp, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 4-2 record this season.
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