The Glenwood Rams football team had a choppy start to the year losing their season opener 41-14 against the Sioux City East Black Raiders. When reflecting back on their loss to the Black Raiders, Rams head football coach Cory Faust noted how that game was a learning opportunity for his young squad.

When looking at positive takeaways from last Friday, Coach Faust liked the effort he saw from defensive leader senior Brodie Schafer who led the team in tackles in 2023 with 59. Last week against Sioux City East he got off to another hot start with 6.5 recorded tackles.

On the offensive side of the ball junior Scott Reed ran well picking up 81 yards on 20 carries. Senior quarterback Cole Staudt went 7/21, with 91 yards, and one rushing touchdown. Coach Faust was appreciative with Staudt’s performance considering the lack of reps he’s been given.

Now Glenwood is focused on Friday’s matchup against the 2-0 Trojans who have been looking to a powerful run game to give them wins against T.J. and Clarke. Coach Faust knows that Atlantic has no issues with playing physical football, it’s a mentality that he respects.

Atlantic has been seeing success from their back field with the bruising rushing from junior fullback Gavin McLaren with 5 TD’s and the quick acceleration by senior running back Tyson O’Brien who has amassed 350 yards on the ground. In order to keep the game close and to help the Rams stop the run game, coach Faust has been preaching to his team the idea of unity. That if every player does their part and trust’s one another, they have a good shot against the Trojans.

Kickoff for Atlantic at Glenwood is set for 7:00 PM, but the pregame show on KJAN begins at 6:30 PM.