Wayland — The undefeated No. 5 WACO football team will look to get their postseason started in a big way tonight when they welcome in 5-3 Edgewood-Colesburg in a first round tilt.
WACO finished their regular season 8-0 and enjoyed an idle week last week in preparation for their home playoff scrap.
Simeon Reichenbach has been the offensive catalyst for the Warriors this year, rushing for over 1,000 yards and 19 total touchdowns.
Quarterback Isaac Oswald has only thrown the ball 69 times, but has tossed eight scores and ran for four more.
Jonah Clark has been his top target — with Clark hauling in three touchdowns. He’s also ran for two of his own.
The lynchpin of WACO’s success this year has been their defense, however.
The Warriors are yielding just 12.3 points per game, a total that’s one of the best in 8-Player.
Cael Funk has been Edgewood’s best player this year, throwing for 734 yards, rushing for 407 and totaling 19 touchdowns.
He’ll need to be on his best for the Vikings to pull an upset.
Tonight’s game will kick at 7:00 p.m. and you can listen on KILJ-FM with the pre-game show at 6:30 p.m.
Other area matchups tonight in the first round of the playoffs:
- North Tama at Wapello
- Highland at Lynnville-Sully
- New London at No. 1 Montezuma
- Cardinal at West Branch
- Mediapolis at Pella Christian
Other area regular season finales:
- Keokuk at Solon
- No. 1 North Scott at Mount Pleasant
- Fairfield at Grinnell
- Fort Madison at Burlington
- Washington at West Burlington Notre Dame