The 2022 Three Rivers Conference football season ended with a three-way tie for first place with Rochester, Tippecanoe Valley and Southwood all at 7-1 in conference play.
But for Rochester to get that share of the conference crown Southwood had to upset Tippecanoe Valley in the conference finale in Week 8.
Zebras head coach Ron Shaffer would like for his team to take care of it themselves in 2023.
Rochester (4-1, 4-0 TRC) can take a step toward an outright TRC title with tonight's road trip to Peru (5-0, 4-0 TRC). It's a meeting of the final two unbeaten teams in conference play and will give the winner the inside track to this season's regular season TRC title.
Peru almost stumbled last week before a second half rally pushed the Tigers past Maconaquah, 27-26. The Braves loss dropped them into a second place tie with Southwood with a 3-1 conference record.
Shaffer knows the Zebras will have a challenge dealing with two of the better players in the TRC.
In-season defensive adjustments by Rochester have proven successful.
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