Football Preview: Princeton Tigers vs. North Daviess Cougars
The Princeton Tigers will square off against the North Daviess Cougars at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Princeton will come in still looking for their first win of the season.
Last Friday, Princeton took a blow against Gibson Southern, falling 62-7. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana football rankings (they are ranked 245th, while the Titans are ranked 54th).
Meanwhile, North Daviess didn't have too much trouble with Eastern Greene on the road on Friday as they won 20-6. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Cougars.
The critical scores for North Daviess came from Anderson Aiman, Connor Combess, and Coltyn Mcnabb.
One reason for the win was North Daviess' imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for 7.5 sacks. In that department, Aiman was the leader with 3.5. Aiman is also crushing it when it comes to total tackles: he's made at least nine every time he's taken the field this season. Another thorn in Eastern Greene's side was Neal Cinamon, who picked up 1.5 sacks and made seven total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Princeton's loss dropped their record down to 0-3. As for North Daviess, they now have a winning record of 2-1.
Princeton ended up a good deal behind North Daviess in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, losing 42-27. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Mcnabb, who rushed for 215 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 8.6 yards per carry, and also picked up 51 receiving yards and a touchdown. Now that Princeton 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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