Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Whitewater). They walked away with a 38-27 victory over the Mary Persons Bulldogs on Friday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Wildcats.
Whitewater found their leader in sophomore Parker Morr, who rushed for 169 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 9.4 yards per carry. Those 169 rushing yards set a new season-high mark for Morr.
Morr was just one part of a punishing run game: Whitewater was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 336 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in October of 2023.
Whitewater didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Maxton Patterson and Ryan Henderson. Patterson also made eight total tackles, which is notable because Whitewater is 2-1 when he posts at least four total tackles, but 3-4 otherwise.
Mary Persons lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Caden Lavinka, who picked up 143 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Another signal caller making a difference was Mac Nelson, who threw for 278 yards and three touchdowns.
The win got Whitewater back to even at 5-5. As for Mary Persons, they dropped their record down to 3-7 with the defeat, which was their third straight on the road.
As of now, neither Whitewater nor Mary Persons have any future games scheduled.
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