The Concordia Fighting Orioles will take on the Southwest Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Southwest took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Concordia, who comes in off a win.
Concordia is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Missouri's top teams: Northwest, who was ranked 21st in their home state at the time (Concordia was ranked 15th). Concordia breezed by Northwest on the road to the tune of 37-0 on Friday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Fighting Orioles.
The critical scores for Concordia came from Kellen Fiene, Nephi Hon, and Carson Droege.
Concordia's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Hon and Lane Hass. The dominant performance gave Hass a new career-high in rushing yards. Maddix Inman was another major factor on D, making 16 total tackles (5.0 for loss).
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Concordia was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 302 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 197 rushing yards in five consecutive matchups dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Southwest was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They were dealt a 66-20 loss at the hands of Wellington-Napoleon.
Concordia now has a winning record of 2-1. As for Southwest, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-3.
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