It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact West Lafayette can now relate to. They took a 20-14 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Western Panthers on Friday. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Panthers this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 34-20 back in September.
Although West Lafayette took the loss, they still got scores from Keaton Bartlett and Kojo Steffey.
Leading Western to victory were Levi Shoemaker and Brycen Rucker. Shoemaker rushed for 205 yards and one touchdown, while Rucker rushed for 48 yards and a pair of scores. Those 205 rushing yards gave Shoemaker a new career-high.
West Lafayette has been struggling recently as they've lost four of their last five matchups. That's put a noticeable dent in their 3-7 record this season. As for Western, they pushed their record up to 7-3 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home.
West Lafayette does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Western, they will head out on the road to square off against Frankton at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The Panthers will be up against the Eagles' rather soft defense (which has allowed 36.1 points per game), so fans could be in store for a big offensive performance.
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