Twin Lakes entered their contest against West Lafayette on Friday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. The Twin Lakes Indians were dealt a 49-21 loss at the hands of the West Lafayette Red Devils. It was the first time this season that the Indians let down their fans at home.
Despite the defeat, Twin Lakes saw an underclassman step up: Darin Baker rushed for 55 yards and two touchdowns. Baker has been hot recently, having posted two or more rushing touchdowns the last three times 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.
Dawson Martin was his usual excellent self, rushing for 219 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 8.1 yards per carry for West Lafayette. The dominant performance gave Martin a new career-high in rushing yards. Kojo Steffey was in the mix too, providing West Lafayette with two touchdowns.
Twin Lakes' loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 3-5. As for West Lafayette, their win was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 5-3.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Twin Lakes will face off against Western at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Twin Lakes is facing Western at the right time seeing as Western is stuck on a seven-game losing streak. As for West Lafayette, they will challenge Hamilton Heights at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. West Lafayette is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 26.8 points per game this season.
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