The Southwest Wildcats are taking a road trip to take on the Concordia Fighting Orioles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Southwest will come in still looking for their first win of the season.
It's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 66-20, which was the final score in Southwest's tilt against Wellington-Napoleon on Friday.
Meanwhile, Concordia faced Northwest in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Friday. Concordia blew past Northwest 37-0 on the road. The victory made it back-to-back wins 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. Concordia got some further help from Maddix Inman: he made 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 matches dating back to last season.
Southwest's defeat dropped their record down to 0-3. As for Concordia, they now have a winning record of 2-1.
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