The Tuscola Warriors will head out on the road to face off against the Althoff Catholic Crusaders at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Tuscola sitting on three straight wins and Althoff Catholic on five.
You're bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter, and that's exactly how it played out for Tuscola on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that they blew Oblong/Hutsonville/Palestine out of the water with a 80-0 final score. The match was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point Tuscola had established a 67 point advantage.
Meanwhile, Althoff Catholic put the finishing touches on their sixth blowout victory of the season on Friday. Everything went their way against Durand/Pecatonica as Althoff Catholic made off with a 41-18 victory.
Althoff Catholic got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Aj Strong out in front who rushed for 201 yards and a touchdown while picking up 10.1 yards per carry. Another player making a difference was Dierre Hill jr, who rushed for 160 yards and a touchdown on only 11 carries.
Another reason for the win was Althoff Catholic's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for four sacks. Durand/Pecatonica's QB won't forget Cooper Zimmer anytime soon given Zimmer sacked him four times.
Tuscola is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a massive bump to their 5-4 record this season. As for Althoff Catholic, their win bumped their record up to 8-1.
