The Weeping Water Indians will head out to square off against the Nebraska Lutheran Knights at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Weeping Water will be strutting in after a win while Nebraska Lutheran will be coming in after a loss.
Weeping Water will head into Friday's contest hoping to keep the good times rolling: they only won by two when they last took the field, which might have inspired the 54-point they dealt Giltner on Friday. Weeping Water took their match at home with ease, bagging a 54-0 victory over Giltner.
Weeping Water got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Tucker Bickford out in front who rushed for 91 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries, and also threw for 59 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave him a new career- in total yards. Luke Harms was another key back, rushing for 65 yards and two touchdowns.
Weeping Water's defense stepped up as well, laying out Brody Cummings. five times. Leading the way was Gus Mcgill and his 2.5 sacks. He also deserves a shoutout for his performance on D, picking up 2.5 sacks and making seven total tackles (5.0 for loss).
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Weeping Water was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 338 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Giltner only rushed for -14.
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 70-6, which was the final score in Nebraska Lutheran's tilt against Fullerton on Friday. The Knights were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 46-6.
Weeping Water pushed their record up to 2-0 with that victory, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season. As for Nebraska Lutheran, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-2.
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