Indian Lake and West Liberty-Salem will meet on the gridiron Friday night to determine who will represent Region 20 in the State Semifinal next week in high school football.
As these two teams prepare for kickoff, here’s how they stack up.
The game will be played at Piqua’s Alexander Stadium. Located at 1 Indian Trail in Piqua (high school location).
The seating capacity is 8,200.
West Liberty-Salem Tigers (12-1)
Head Coach: Dan McGill
Conference: OHC North (1st Place)
Playoff Appearances: 16 (16-15)
Regional Final Appearances: 4th
2013 Lost to Mechanicsburg 34-28 in double OT
2014 Lost to Minster 35-0
2019 Lost to West Jefferson 34-0
2024 Playoff Wins:
Round 1 beat #15 Arcanum 41-26
Round 2 beat #7 Miami East 62-28
Round 3 beat #3 Waynesville 45-42
Playoff Stats:
Scoring 49 points per game
Allowing 32 points per game
471 yards per game on offense (181 pass, 290 rush)
12-31 on 3rd down (39%)
3-5 on 4th down (60%)
Allowing 351 yards per game on defense (200 pass, 151 rush)
4 turnovers created
Key Players Playoff Stats:
QB Nick Shifflet: 544 passing yards, 4 TDs, 0 INT, 412 rushing yards, 6 TDs
RB/LB Josh Wilcoxon: 328 yards, 4 TDs, 1 reception, 17 yards, 32 tackles, 1.5 sacks
WR: Jack Bahan: 14 receptions, 184 yards, 2 TDs
LB Josiah Stidham: 33 tackles
Indian Lake Lakers (11-2)
Head Coach: Jonn Rapp
Conference: CBC Mad River (1st Place)
Playoff Appearances: 7 (5-6)
Regional Final Appearances: 1st
2024 Playoff Wins:
Round 1 beat #12 Versailles 19-7
Round 2 beat #4 Preble Shawnee 28-14
Round 3 beat #1 Greeneview 28-13
Playoff Stats:
Scoring 25 points per game
Allowing 11 points per game
292 yards per game on offense (185 pass, 107 rush)
19-47 on 3rd down (40%)
9-9 on 4th down (100%)
Allowing 247 yards per game on defense (168 rush, 78 pass)
12 turnovers created
Key Players Playoff Stats:
QB/DB Madden Lillard: 556 passing yards, 6 TDs, 4 INTs, 100 rushing yards, 1 TD, 21 tackles, 3 INTs, 1 fumble recovery
WR/DB Quest Clay: 27 receptions, 246 yards, 3 TDs, 17 tackles, 2 INTs
WR Brodey Reisinger: 13 receptions, 203 yards, 2 TDs
DL Aaron Rapp: 23 tackles, 4 sacks
The winner of this game will advance to the final four for the first time in school history.
98.3 WPKO will broadcast the game live. PeakofOhioTV will be there delivering the action live on the NFHS Network and it will be available to watch on PeakofOhioTV.com and ROKU Saturday morning.
