Garden Plain's offense rose to the challenge against a Wildcats defense that boasted an average of only 15 points allowed on Friday. Everything went the Garden Plain Owls' way against the Haven Wildcats as the Garden Plain Owls made off with a 38-14 win. The match was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 22-0.
Garden Plain got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Brady Brack out in front who rushed for 56 yards and a touchdown, and also threw for 74 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave Brack a new career-high in rushing yards. Emrick Hays was in the mix as well, providing Garden Plain with two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Garden Plain was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 300 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 150 rushing yards in four consecutive contests.
Garden Plain didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Cooper Scheer and Braylen Dold.
When it comes to explaining why Haven lost, don't look at Nash Wray. Despite the final result, he rushed for 114 yards while picking up 7.1 yards per carry, and also threw for 125 yards and a touchdown.
Garden Plain now has a winning record of 3-2. As for Haven, their loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 4-1.
It'll be Battle of the Birds when Owls takes on Kingman at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Haven, they will take on Belle Plaine at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Haven's defense has only allowed 15 points per game this season, so Belle Plaine's offense will have their work cut out for them.
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