Blooming Prairie(7-3)
#5 Waterville-Elysian-Morristown(9-0)Friday 11/067:00 PMTLDR: Blooming Prairie, the No. 3 seed in Section 2AA, visits top-seeded Waterville-Elysian-Morristown Friday at 7 p.m. for the section final, with the Buccaneers unbeaten and the Blossoms winners of four straight.
Next: Nov 6Waterville-Elysian-Morristown hosts Blooming Prairie, 7:00 PMBlooming Prairie, the No. 3 seed in Section 2AA, plays Waterville-Elysian-Morristown, the No. 1 seed, in the section final Friday at 7 p.m. at Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton HS. Waterville-Elysian-Morristown is 9-0 and has won nine straight; Blooming Prairie is 7-3, winners of four straight.
The teams met Oct. 9, with Waterville-Elysian-Morristown winning 34-15. Since then the Buccaneers have allowed 14 points over their last three games, in line with their season average, with a win over #9 Southland as their best of the season.
Blooming Prairie has allowed 52 points over its last three games, well above its season average of 21, and has lost to two seeded teams — 49-14 to #5 Fillmore Central and the meeting with Waterville-Elysian-Morristown. Its biggest win this season came 39-12 over Maple River.
Blooming Prairie has won four of the five meetings between the two since 2010, but Waterville-Elysian-Morristown won the most recent one, 41-7, a year ago.
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