Western is on a five-game streak of home losses also dating back to last season, Twin Lakes a seven-game streak of away losses also dating back to last season, but someone's luck is about to change on Friday. The Western Panthers will square off against the Twin Lakes Indians at 7:00 p.m. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Western's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Logansport on Friday. They were beaten by the Berries 42-0. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana football rankings (they are ranked 225th, while the Berries are ranked 76th).
Meanwhile, Twin Lakes entered their game against West Lafayette on Friday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Twin Lakes had to suffer through a 49-21 loss at the hands of West Lafayette.
Despite the loss, Twin Lakes saw an underclassman step up: Darin Baker rushed for 55 yards and two touchdowns. Baker is on a roll when it comes to rushing touchdowns, as he's now punched in two or more in the last three games he's played.
Twin Lakes didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Kyle Kyser and Ledger Shaffer. Shaffer also set a new season high mark in total tackles with nine.
Western's defeat dropped their record down to 0-8. As for Twin Lakes, their loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 3-5.
Western strolled past Twin Lakes in their previous matchup back in August of 2019 by a score of 35-21. Does Western have another victory up their sleeve, or will Twin Lakes turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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