The Alexandria-Monroe Tigers will head out on the road to challenge the Wabash Apaches at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Alexandria-Monroe is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 33.6 points per game this season.
Alexandria-Monroe took a loss when they played away from home last Friday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Friday. They took their game at home with ease, bagging a 40-6 win over Blackford. Considering the Tigers have won four matches by more than 28 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
It was another big night for Brady Gast, who threw for 210 yards and five touchdowns while completing 77.8% of his passes, and also rushed for 31 yards. Another player making a difference was Clayton Martin, who gained 92 total yards and a touchdown.
Meanwhile, Wabash had to endure a three-game losing streak, but that streak is no more. They took down Whitko 30-12 on Friday.
Noah Baldwin continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 228 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 8.1 yards per carry. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 109.8 rushing yards per game.
Wabash was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 256 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 88.4 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last four matchups they've averaged 149.8.
Alexandria-Monroe has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 6-3 record this season. As for Wabash, their victory ended a four-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 2-7.
Everything came up roses for Alexandria-Monroe against Wabash in their previous meeting back in August, as the team secured a 39-6 win. In that game, Alexandria-Monroe amassed a halftime lead of 39-6, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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