It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Andrean had no problem doing just that on Friday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Bremen Lions a 35-0 shutout. Give the Fighting 59ers' defense some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.
Among those leading the charge was Brady Elish, who threw for 137 yards and two touchdowns while completing 88.9% of his passes, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground.
Andrean didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Ethan Reyna and Charlie Sollars.
Andrean has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-4 record this season. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to rushing yards: they averaged an imposing 200.8 rushing yards in those games compared to only 200.8 in the others. As for Bremen, the loss snapped their winning streak at four games and leaves them with a 7-5 record.
Andrean will head out on the road to face off against Lafayette Central Catholic at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Lafayette Central Catholic will roll in looking for their 12th straight win, something Andrean surely won't give up without a fight. Bremen does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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