Football Preview: Beech Grove Hornets vs. Greenfield-Central Cougars
The Beech Grove Hornets will venture away from home to square off against the Greenfield-Central Cougars at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Beech Grove is no doubt hoping to put an end to a three-game streak of away losses.
Beech Grove's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Indianapolis Lutheran on Friday. They were outmatched by the Saints at home and fell 56-0. The contest marked the first time this year in which the Hornets were not able to get on the board.
Meanwhile, you're bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter, and that's exactly how it played out for Greenfield-Central on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that they blew New Castle out of the water with a 49-14 final score. With the Cougars ahead 28-7 at the half, the game was all but over already.
Greenfield-Central's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Payton Foley led the charge by rushing for 85 yards and a touchdown on only six carries. That's the most rushing yards Foley has posted since back in August. Backing up that air attack was Dallas Freeman, who rushed for 86 yards and a rushing touchdown.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Greenfield-Central was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 410 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 206 rushing yards in three consecutive matches.
Greenfield-Central wouldn't let New Castle keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Greenfield-Central can thank Jacob Vanosdol and Zach Blevens for forcing both of them. Blevens is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made six or more in the last three games he's played dating back to last season. Greenfield-Central got some further help from Cooper Hinton: he made 16 total tackles (1.0 for loss).
Beech Grove now has a losing record at 4-5. As for Greenfield-Central, their victory bumped their record up to 7-2.
Friday's matchup might be decided in the on the ground. Beech Grove has been excellent on the ground this season, having averaged 167.3 rushing yards per game. However, it's not like Greenfield-Central struggles in that department as they've been averaging 221.8. It's looking like Friday's contest might have some serious battles in the trenches.
Beech Grove was dealt a bruising 50-8 loss at the hands of Greenfield-Central in their previous meeting back in August. Can Beech Grove avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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