It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact South Warren can now relate to. They fell just short of the Bowling Green Purples by a score of 31-28 on Friday. The defensive woes were uncharacteristic for the Spartans, who until this matchup were averaging 14.36 points allowed.
Despite the loss, South Warren still got an impressive performance from Bryce Button, who threw for 336 yards and three touchdowns, and also rushed for 57 yards and a touchdown. That's the most rushing yards Button has posted since back in September. A healthy portion of Button's aerial production (101 yards to be exact) went to Colton Veltkamp, who also brought in a receiving touchdown.
Even if they lost, South Warren's defensive line still kept up the pressure with four sacks. Veltkamp was especially locked on to Bowling Green's QB and sacked him twice.
South Warren's defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 12-2. As for Bowling Green, they pushed their record up to 12-2 with the victory, which was their 11th straight on the road dating back to last season.
South Warren does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Bowling Green, they will face off against Cooper on Friday. One thing working in Cooper's favor is that they have posted at least 31 points in their last eight matches.
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