SHEFFIELD, Ia. — The Eagle Grove Eagles football team returns to the gridiron on Friday Night, as they make the trip into northern Franklin County to face off with the West Fork Warhawks in non-district action at the West Fork Football Complex in Sheffield. Eagle Grove enters with a record of 2-0, while West Fork also enters at 2-0 and ranked #8 in Class A. West Fork leads the all-time series 5-0 dating back to 2012, as the Warhawks won the 2025 meeting in Eagle Grove, 36-16.
After a playoff appearance in 2025, West Fork is looking for loftier goals in 2026 and have gotten off to favorable start, with a 20-12, double overtime win against North Butler, was well as a 61-6 drubbing of BCLUW in week 2. At their base, the West Fork offense is a Wing T attack directed by senior quarterback Zander Hansen, who can be a dual-threat by throwing for 177 yards, 2 touchdowns and 3 interceptions, while rushing for another 67 yards and 3 touchdowns. The main ballcarrier has been senior Blaine Schulz, who’s rushed for 134 yards and 2 touchdowns, while juniors Wesley Scott and Connor Swenson, as well as senior Ryker Reimers have recorded double digit carries as well as touchdowns. Hansen’s top two targets in the passing game have been senior Keston Lambertson, who was 4 catches for 81 yards, as well as sophomore Hayden Freyholtz, who’s caught 4 balls for 35 yards and a touchdown. The Warhawks posses a physical and aggressive offensive line, led by the likes of senior Braylon Schrekengost and sophomore Cael Fredin.
Defensively, the strength of the Warhawks defense is in the linebacking core, as the aforementioned Schrekengost and Fredin have combined for 26.5 tackles, 6.5 TFL, a sack and 2 fumble recoveries. Zander Hansen and Hayden Freyholtz lead the secondary, as Freyholtz has an interception as Hansen also had 4.5 tackles. The Warhawks defensive line is younger, but has veterans in the likes of senior Carson Friedow and junior Nathan Witte.
Eagle Grove will look to improve on their 2-0 start but landing one of the biggest wins of the Logan Willard era on Friday. The Eagles rushing attack will need to find a way to neutralize an aggressive West Fork defense, as the Eagle Grove defense needs to stay true to their reads against the Warhawks Wing T offense.
Kickoff is slated for 7 PM at the West Fork Football Complex on Friday Night.