Area power rankings
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Will Brust is completing 88% of his passes.
School (W-L) 1. Greendale (3-0)
2. Whitnall (3-0)
The Falcons are allowing 205 yards and eight points per game.
3. Racine Horlick (3-0)
The Rebels have had a 100-yard rusher each week.
4. Greenfield (1-1)
Alex Boyko is averaging 6.3 yards per touch.
5. South Milwaukee (1-1)
After sitting out Week 2, the Rockets returned to action with impressive win over West Allis Hale.
6. West Allis Hale (0-3)
The Huskies haven't scored in back-toback games.
The Panthers racked up 372 yards in their win over Pius XI.
The Packers are expected to return to action this week in time for their rivalry game with South Milwaukee.
The Red Knights' defense has allowed 149 yards and 6.7 points per game.
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The Trojans have back-to-back games with at least 300 rushing yards.
7. Racine Park (1-2)
8. Cudahy (0-1)
9. Milwaukee Lutheran (3-0)
10. East Troy (2-1)
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11. Brown Deer (2-1)
The Falcons allowed just 147 yards in the loss to Milwaukee Lutheran.
12. Racine Case (0-3)
The Eagles have five straight losses dating to last season.
13. Shorewood/Messmer (1-1)
The Greyhounds came back from a nine-point deficit to beat West Allis Central.
12 14. Pius XI (0-3) 13 The Popes are averaging 9.3 points per game.
The Bulldogs had a season-high 247 total yards in the loss to Shorewood/ Messmer.
Players of the week
The senior quarterback led the Greyhounds to a 32-27 come-frombehind victory Friday on the road against West Allis Central. He completed 10 of 13 passes for 117 yards and rushed for a team-high 129 yards in 23 carries, a 5.6-yard average. He accounted for five touchdowns, including an 11-yard run in the fourth quarter that was the winning TD.
Defense
West Allis Hale was driving for a potential early touchdown Friday night when the junior defensive back picked off a pass and returned it 77 yards for a touchdown that set the tone for a 21-0 victory. He finished the night with eight tackles, six solo, and broke up three passes.
Special teams
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15. West Allis Central (0-3)
Jeremiah Thompson, Shorewood/ Messmer:
Aahlijah Jones, South Milwaukee:
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Logan McBride, Racine Park:
The senior kicker helped the Panthers score their first win of the season, 34-7, over Pius XI on Friday at Pritchard Park by hitting field goals of 39 and 29 yards and connecting on all four extra-point attempts.
Team of the week Milwaukee Lutheran
The Red Knights are off to a 3-0 start for the first time in 10 years, a mark reached Friday with a 12-6 road victory over previously undefeated Brown Deer. Lutheran trailed, 6-0, in the second quarter, but junior Aveon Williams tied the game with a 64-yard punt return 54 seconds before halftime. Williams also had a hand in the winning TD when he took the handoff on a jet sweep and fired a pass to senior Jordan Goodman for a 20-yard score with 11 minutes 42 seconds to play. The defense held Brown Deer to 160 yards. Senior defensive back Damien Joy led Lutheran with 11 tackle, while Jamille English, a senior linebacker, had eight tackles with one sack and Niles Williams, another senior linebacker, had six tackles with two sacks.