The Sterling Golden Warriors will challenge the Coal City Coalers at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. Sterling will be strutting in after a win while Coal City will be coming in after a defeat.
On Friday, Sterling took their matchup with ease, bagging a 42-14 victory over Rock Island. The result was nothing new for the Golden Warriors, who have now won six games by 21 points or more so far this season.
Sterling relied on the efforts of Brady Berlin, who threw for 129 yards and a pair of touchdowns while completing 88.9% of his passes, and Wyatt Cassens, who gained 117 total yards. Berlin also punched in a rushing touchdown, marking his first of the season.
Wins are hard to come by when you can't run the rock, something Sterling proved: they limited Rock Island to a paltry three yards per carry. The Golden Warriors didn't have any issues in that department, having averaged 7.4.
Meanwhile, after a string of six wins, Coal City's good fortune finally ran out on Friday. They came up short against Wilmington, falling 44-21.
Sterling has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 6-3 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 40.3 points over those games. As for Coal City, their loss was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 5-1 and their overall record down to 7-2.
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