The Omaha Westside Warriors will take on the Omaha Central Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Omaha Westside will be coming into the game with an undefeated record on the line.
Omaha Westside is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Nebraska's top teams: Bellevue West, who was ranked 24th in their home state at the time (Omaha Westside was ranked second). Omaha Westside simply couldn't be stopped last Thursday as they easily beat Bellevue West 52-21 at home. The matchup was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Warriors had established a 24 point advantage.
A big part of Omaha Westside's victory came down to the chemistry between Braylen Warren and his top target Eli Johnson. Warren threw for 244 yards and three touchdowns while completing 81.3% of his passes while Johnson picked up 94 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Keynan Cotton was in the mix as well, providing Omaha Westside with two touchdowns.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Omaha Central). They really took it to Buena Vista for the full four quarters, racking up a 64-13 win on the road. The match was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 57-0.
Omaha Westside pushed their record up to 4-0 with the victory, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Omaha Central, the win got them back to even at 2-2.
Everything came up roses for Omaha Westside against Omaha Central when the teams last played back in September of 2017, as the team secured a 63-7 victory. In that contest, Omaha Westside amassed a halftime lead of 49-7, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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