AHS Football Looks To Beat North for Third Consecutive Year

This week, the Arrowhead Warhawks Varsity Football team is facing the Waukesha North Northstars, who are 0-2 in the Classic 8 Conference currently. The game is on Friday, September 15th at 7:00pm at Arrowhead High School. 

Tickets are $6 for adults (60 and older are free) and students are $4 unless they have an Activities Pass which gets them in free. The Activity Pass was available this year when students were taking their ID pictures. Students had the option to add the pass to their ID’s for $40, giving them the ability to get into all Arrowhead varsity home games for every sport. 

Livestreaming the varsity football game is $8. This year the Arrowhead Varsity games will be streamed on JustaGame.com along with other sporting events. 

Earlier in the week the Arrowhead Gators, a group of students who are in charge of leading the student section, posted the theme on their Instagram account for Friday’s game—Gold Out, in support of Childhood Cancer. 

Coming off of a win against Waukesha West, 27-24, the Warhawks look to add to the win column. 

Coach Matt Harris, who has coached the football team since 2020, said, “We are bigger, stronger, and faster than Waukesha North, but they do some things well that we have to concentrate on and stay disciplined.” 

The last two seasons the Warhawks have faced the Northstars, they have won by huge point differentials like last season’s 49-13 and the 2021 season’s 64-6 final. 

Multiple Arrowhead football players said the team has been struggling with gaining momentum in games and keeping the drive alive against tough defenses. 

Senior WR Matthew Ortin says, “Some points of emphasis [have] been to see the full potential from our offense and put together a complete four quarters.”

Senior LB Brady Carpenter said that they “need to stop playing down to [other] teams levels.” 

According to Wisconsin Sports Network, Waukesha North’s quarterback A.J Curtis passed for about 241.8 yards per game last year. As for this year, the QB has increased his passing yards per game to an average of 310.0 yards. 

Carpenter says, “As a team we have improved on communication and speed knowing that Waukesha North passes a lot.” 

As for the game Harris says, “We look to have a complete game this week offense, defense, and special teams.