The Wawasee Warriors will look to take advantage of their home-field for the first time this season as they take on the West Noble Chargers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Wawasee is headed into their home opener looking to turn things around after opening their season on the road. They were dealt a 44-0 defeat at the hands of Tippecanoe Valley on Friday. The Warriors haven't had much luck with the Vikings recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Meanwhile, West Noble gave their fans exactly what they wanted out of a home opener on Friday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Central Noble 55-7 at home. With the Chargers ahead 35-7 at the half, the match was all but over already.
Estil Pruitt went supernova for West Noble, rushing for 155 yards and two touchdowns on only 15 carries. Pruitt's longest rush was for an impressive 55 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. The team also got some help courtesy of Trey Shisler, who rushed for 44 yards and a touchdown.
West Noble's defense stepped up as well, laying out Brody Morgan. four times. Jordan Eash was particularly dangerous to the passing game, picking up two sackshimself. West Noble got some further help from Teegan Clouse: he picked up 0.5 sacks and made 11 total tackles (4.5 for loss).
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, West Noble was moving up and down the field and finished the game with 442 total yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Central Noble only gained 40.
Wawasee came up short against West Noble in their previous matchup back in August of 2023, falling 20-12. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Pruitt, who rushed for 229 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.6 yards per carry. Now that Wawasee knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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