The Wayzata Trojans will head out on the road to take on the Anoka Tornadoes at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
If Wayzata beats Anoka with 55 points on Wednesday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two matches with that exact score. Wayzata took their matchup at home on Thursday with ease, bagging a 55-6 win over Hopkins. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Trojans.
Meanwhile, Anoka had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 31 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Thursday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the Orioles 55-19 at home. The score at the end of the third wound up being the final score as the Tornadoes just coasted through the last quarter.
Peyton Podany and Zach Welch were among the main playmakers for Anoka as the former threw for 330 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 12.2 yards per attempt and the latter gained 150 total yards and three touchdowns. Welch's rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his third straight game with at least 100 rushing yards dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Charlie Hendrickson, who picked up 105 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Wayzata is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a massive bump to their 4-4 record this season. As for Anoka, they pushed their record up to 5-2 with the victory, which was their third straight at home.
Wayzata came up short against Anoka when the teams last played back in October of 2023, falling 30-18. Can Wayzata avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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