Wayne travels to Rush Springs Friday night for another District A-4 showdown.

Rush Springs, now 1-4 on the season, is coming off a win last week as they host the Bulldogs.

“They beat Healdton and will be feeling good,” Wayne head coach Brandon Sharp said. “It will be a big challenge and our kids need to respond.”

Rush Springs head coach Tim Beard will base his defense out of the traditional 50 front.

“Coach Beard does a good job and they have good players,” Sharp said.

Sharp has his eye on the Redskins’ linebackers and defensive ends as points of concern.

“We’ll need to get those guys blocked and sustain blocks,” he said.

Offensively Rush will operate out of a one-back set and run the quarterback sprint out, which will give the quarterback a run-pass option.

“They will also run the G/T for the running back and the quarterback,” Sharp said.

Stratford

Wayne fell to Stratford 26-8 last Friday.

Wayne’s Sloan Jackson scored on a 42-yard touchdown.

Eli Hobson capped the drive with a successful two-point conversion plunge.

Wayne again fell victim to the big play.

They gave up touchdowns on plays of 67 and 30 yards.

Wayne was still in the thick of things in the second quarter when an unexpected fake punt failed. Stratford scored on the next play.

Wayne also had a punt return for a touchdown called back due to a personal foul penalty.

“A lot of our problems were self-inflicted,” Sharp said. “I have to do a better job of getting them prepared in practice and it all comes back to me. But they need to take some ownership.”

Eli Hobson was solid again on defense with nine tackles and a fumble recovery.

Bradey VanSchuyver had six tackles and caused a fumble.

“It doesn’t show up on the stat line, but Bradey was all over the place,” Sharp said. “He was busting his butt trying to make things happen. I was really pleased with his effort.”

Offensively, Jackson led the team in rushing with 77 yards.

Wayne is 1-4.