Football Preview: New Castle Trojans vs. Greenfield-Central Cougars
The New Castle Trojans will face off against the Greenfield-Central Cougars at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
New Castle is headed into the contest out to prove that what happened against New Palestine on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. New Castle was dealt a 44-6 defeat at the hands of New Palestine. The matchup marked the Trojans' lowest-scoring match so far this season.
Meanwhile, after only seven points in their last game, Greenfield-Central made sure to put some points up on the board against Delta on Friday. Greenfield-Central blew past Delta 42-7 on the road. Considering the Cougars have won four contests by more than 34 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Dallas Freeman was his usual excellent self, rushing for 67 yards and two touchdowns, while also throwing for 166 yards and two touchdowns while completing 72.7% of his passes.
They were just one part of a punishing run game: Greenfield-Central was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 206 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Delta only rushed for 89.
Another reason for the win was Greenfield-Central's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for 7.5 sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Cooper Hinton and Jacob Vanosdol, who racked up five sacks between them.
This is the second loss in a row for New Castle and nudges their season record down to 4-4. As for Greenfield-Central, their victory bumped their record up to 6-2.
New Castle suffered a grim 44-20 defeat to Greenfield-Central when the teams last played back in October of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Freeman, who rushed for 134 yards and a touchdown on only five carries, and also threw for 154 yards and three touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes. Now that New Castle knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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