The Colby Hornets will head out on the road to face off against the Weyauwega-Fremont Warhawks at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Colby took a loss when they played away from home two weeks ago, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Friday. They walked away with a 28-20 win over Spencer/Columbus.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Weyauwega-Fremont). They took down Loyal/Greenwood 60-46 on Friday. The Warhawks pushed the score to 46-24 by the end of the third, a deficit the cut but never quite recovered from.
Weyauwega-Fremont can attribute much of their success to Dawson Lind, who rushed for 186 yards and two touchdowns on only 14 carries, and Kameron Zielke, who rushed for 62 yards and three touchdowns. Lind really tore up the turf during one magnificent 80-yard run. The team also got some help courtesy of Bryce Magdanz, who picked up 77 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Weyauwega-Fremont wouldn't let Loyal/Greenwood keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Weyauwega-Fremont can thank Zielke and Aidon Lederhaus for forcing both of them. Lederhaus is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made five or more in the last eight games he's played dating back to last season.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Weyauwega-Fremont was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 259 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 202 rushing yards in five consecutive contests.
Colby's victory bumped their record up to 3-5. As for Weyauwega-Fremont, the win got them back to even at 4-4.
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