Football Preview: Yorktown Tigers vs. New Palestine Dragons
Yorktown is on a three-game streak of home wins, while New Palestine is on a five-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Yorktown Tigers will host the New Palestine Dragons at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Yorktown is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 26.6 points per game this season.
Yorktown is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They took their matchup with ease, bagging a 46-6 win over Richmond. The result was nothing new for the Tigers, who have now won three contests by 33 points or more so far this season.
Yorktown's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Nathan Spangler led the charge by rushing for 117 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries. Another pass catcher making a difference was Ephraim Daugherty, who picked up 45 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
Meanwhile, New Palestine didn't have too much trouble with Mt. Vernon on Friday as they won 28-14. Given the Dragons' advantage in MaxPreps' Indiana football rankings (they are ranked 18th, while the Marauders are ranked 80th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
The critical scores for New Palestine came from Jacob Davis, Garrett Ranes, Austin McMahan, and Michael Thacker.
New Palestine was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 224 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 176 rushing yards in nine consecutive games.
Yorktown is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 7-3 record this season. As for New Palestine, their victory bumped their record up to 9-0-1.
Yorktown was dealt a bruising 41-13 loss at the hands of New Palestine when the teams last played back in September. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of New Palestine's Josh Ranes, who rushed for 177 yards and two touchdowns on only ten carries. Now that Yorktown knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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