The high school football regular season will hit the halfway point this Friday night at halftime.

That being said, area teams will look to gain steam over the next month heading into postseason play.

But, first, the local squads hope to collect a conference win this week.

Here is a quick look at the prep games on the local docket.

Warsaw (2-2, 1-1) at Northridge (3-1, 1-1), 7:30 p.m.

The Tigers will face a big challenge on the road.

A renewed Raider program will be looking to bounce back after a 35-19 loss to Plymouth a week ago.

“They are really good and really physical,” said Warsaw coach Phil Jensen of the Raiders. “It will be the best defensive line we’ve seen. Their defense held Plymouth under 200 yards rushing last week.

“We have to be ready to go right away. We can’t waste opportunities and we have to put points on the board. The challenge for us is how do we score on them.”

Warsaw used defense and stellar play from its kicking game to blank Memorial 24-0 last week.

“I think we are getting better as a football team,” stated Jensen. “Our defense played well last week and I saw some good things from our offense in the second half.”

Northridge blanked the Tigers 24-0 a year ago.

NorthWood (3-1, 1-1) at Wawasee (2-2, 0-2), 7:30 p.m.

The Warriors return home this week looking for their first conference win.

“We were at this same point last year, a crossroads,” said second-year Wawasee coach Josh Ekovich. “We’ve challenged our players to get a W this week.”

Wawasee played a strong first half at Concord a week ago before turnovers fueled the Minutemen to pull away to a 44-21 win.

“Last week we were focusing on effort (coming off a 55-0 loss to Northridge), but this week we are focused on the details, the little things and on NorthWood,” Ekovich said.

“We just have to come out and set the tone from the opening kickoff and play with more intensity than they do. We have to limit our turnovers, take what they give us and stop their running game.”

Wawasee won 21-16 last year in Nappanee.

Northfield (3-1, 1-1) at Tippecanoe Valley (0-4, 0-2), 7 p.m.

The Vikings are looking  to hang tough under trying times.

The historically strong program is off to the first 0-4 start in school history.

“We are all in this together,” said Valley coach Scott Bibler. “We just have to hang tough, keep plugging away and continue to go hard every play and give effort every play.”

Valley had several key breakdowns last week in losing 58-29 to Southwood.

“We just need to be more focused and more disciplined,” Bibler said. “Northfield is off to a good start. They have a very good fullback and they play hard on defense.”

Valley won 34-32 at Northfield last year.

Wabash (1-3, 1-1) at Whitko (2-2, 2-0), 7 p.m.

The Wildcats, who shared the league title in 2013, look to remain in control of their own destiny in the race for bragging rights in the Three Rivers Conference.

“We’re getting there and our kids are very determined,” said Whitko coach Josh Mohr. “We got great effort on both sides of the ball last week and 48 minutes of pretty good football.

“It’s too early to tell what will happen in the TRC. To us, every week is a championship week and we have to put in the extra effort to get better. Our defense is playing really well and they can not get satisfied. I’d like to see us make some bigger gains with our offense this week.”

Whitko got another big game from fullback Tanner Hughes and great defense, led by Zach Snep, in beating Manchester 42-7 last week.

“Wabash is a very dangerous team,” said Mohr. “They are much improved.”

Whitko beat Wabash, which went winless last season for a second straight year, 51-7 a year ago.

Triton (1-3, 0-2) at Glenn (3-1, 2-1), 7:30 p.m.

Triton coach John Johns saw the effort he wanted from his team last week.

Now, the focus is on execution as the Trojans try to snap a three-game losing streak.

“We’ve talked a lot this week about how every play and every position on this team is important to us,” said Johns. “We are trying to limit our mistakes.”

The Trojans had their chances in a 34-13 conference loss to Bremen last week.

Triton will face a Glenn team that relies on its running game.

“Glenn is a hard running team,” said Johns. “We need to sustain our ground attack and play solid defense.”

Johns added that his thin team is still a little beat up from an injury standpoint.   Joey Corder, who did not play last week, is still out after having surgery.

Glenn beat Triton 40-6 in 2013.