Glasgow quarterback Dalvin Smith is hit by Warren East linebacker Isaiah Boards on Friday, Sept. 15, 2017, at Warren East. (Austin Anthony/photo@bgdailynews.com)

Allen County-Scottsville has spent two weeks hungry and waiting to redeem its offense after a terrible showing at Franklin-Simpson.

In a sense, Warren East is glad Franklin-Simpson got to the Patriots first. Now they have an idea of how to get Allen County-Scottsville off balance.

ACS (5-2 overall, 0-1 Class 4A, District 2) visits Warren East (4-3, 1-0) at 7 p.m. Friday and is prepared to officially put that 30-7 loss at Franklin in the rear-view mirror.

“It allowed us to lick our wounds, so to speak,” ACS coach Brad Hood said. “Once we started back to practice, kids came in with a great attitude and we’re looking forward to getting that one behind us. We did some things that weren’t good for us.”

Senior quarterback Chase Wilson threw for just 109 yards and completed 7-of-18 attempts. Before that first district game, ACS had scored no less than 20 points and averaged 36 points a game.

Even after a week off, Wilson still ranks second in the state in touchdown passes (24) and third in total yards (1,874).

ACS has made it clear what the offense is capable of, and Warren East coach Jeff Griffith knows it’ll be a tall task for the Raiders to mimic the defensive pressure Franklin-Simpson forced.

“Franklin is the only team I’ve seen to slow their quarterback down like that,” Griffith said. “They’ve scored points on everybody, but Franklin is going to do that to a lot of people because they’re really good with their defensive front. They put a lot of pressure on (Wilson) with just their defensive front and allowed them to play coverage.

“I think our defensive line is adequate, but I don’t think it’s in the same league as Franklin-Simpson. I do think the key to slowing them down is getting pressure, so we’ll do it a different way hopefully rather than just rush our defensive line.”

Enter Isaiah Boards and Trebor Bunton, two linebackers that stood out most on film, according to Hood – and rightfully so.

Boards, who as a junior led the state in tackles in the regular season, already has 89 stops – 71 solo – through seven games and Bunton is a distant second with 54.

“You definitely have to watch for Isaiah Boards any time he’s on the field,” Wilson said. “It seems like any time there’s a tackle he’s in on it. … They’ve got a lot of good athletes on the field. They’re athletic all over.”

Wilson said there was a lot on his own he could do to get the ACS offense back up and running. He said after watching film, overthrowing receivers and bad decision making plagued the offense, which are common miscues when facing a ton of pressure.

On the flip side, the Raiders like how their offense is coming along with freshman Nolan Ford progressing week-by-week.

Griffith said Warren East has finally become what he thought they would be all along: an efficient running team with a receiver like Caleb Huskey as an every snap threat downfield.

Running backs Trevor Naftel and Thomas Maxey have combined for 1,254 yards and nine touchdowns while Ford has slowly gotten better managing the offense.

He completed 11-of-19 pass attempts for 155 yards and a deep touchdown to Huskey in their last win, a 33-0 decision at Warren Central on Sept. 28.

“He’s a mature kid for a freshman,” Griffith said. “He’s done a good job the entire preseason and learning what we want to do as our quarterback. He’s done a good job, especially since he’s been thrown into the mix and he’s done a good job preparing. He’s handled that well.”{&end}