Twin Lakes hasn't had much luck against Western recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Twin Lakes Indians are taking a road trip to take on the Western Panthers at 7:00 p.m. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Twin Lakes will head out to face Western after giving up their first home loss of the season on Friday. Twin Lakes took a blow against West Lafayette, falling 49-21. It was the first time this season that the Indians let down their fans at home.
Despite the loss, Twin Lakes saw an underclassman step up: Darin Baker rushed for 55 yards and two touchdowns. Baker has been hot recently, having posted two or more rushing touchdowns the last three times he's played.
Twin Lakes didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Kyle Kyser and Ledger Shaffer. Shaffer also set a new season high mark in total tackles with nine.
Meanwhile, Western was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their tenth straight defeat dating back to last season. They were dealt a 42-0 loss at the hands of Logansport. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana football rankings (they are ranked 225th, while the Berries are ranked 76th).
Twin Lakes' defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 3-5. As for Western, their loss dropped their record down to 0-8.
Twin Lakes ended up a good deal behind Western when the teams last played back in August of 2019, losing 35-21. Thankfully for Twin Lakes, Jerry Padgett (who rushed for 222 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 13.1 yards per carry) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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