The Warsaw Tigers will venture away from home to square off against the Concord Minutemen at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Warsaw sitting on four straight wins and Concord on ten.
Warsaw is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They blew past Goshen, posting a 52-7 victory. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' Indiana football rankings (they are ranked 41st, while the RedHawks are ranked 222nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Concord didn't have too much trouble with Fort Wayne North Side on Friday as they won 38-21.
Jaron Thomas was his usual excellent self, rushing for 163 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.1 yards per carry. He was even better on defense, picking up two sacks, forcing a fumble, and making 14 total tackles (4.0 for loss). The team also got some help courtesy of Bo Brunner, who rushed for 94 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 carries.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Concord's defense and their four sacks. Leading the way was Thomas with two. He has been hot , having also posted two or more rushing touchdowns the last five times he's played.
Concord was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 257 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 176 rushing yards in five consecutive games.
Concord's win was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 10-0. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 40.4 points per game. As for Warsaw, their victory bumped their record up to 7-3.
Warsaw came up short against Concord in their previous meeting back in September, falling 28-24. Can Warsaw avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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