Football Preview: Eastern Hancock Royals vs. Milan Indians
Eastern Hancock has been away from home for two games now, but on Friday they'll finally make their return. They will face off against the Milan Indians at 7:00 p.m. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Last Friday, Eastern Hancock beat Knightstown 51-40.
Evan Wheeler and Elijah Edon were among the main playmakers for Eastern Hancock as the former rushed for 200 yards and three touchdowns and the latter threw for 215 yards and three touchdowns.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Eastern Hancock was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 297 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Knightstown only rushed for 144.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Milan). They took down Greenwood Christian Academy 64-48 on Friday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Indians.
Austin Green was his usual excellent self, rushing for 366 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 11.4 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Wyatt Marsh, who threw for 100 yards and three touchdowns on only nine passes.
Another reason for the win was Milan's imposing defensive line, which managed to get into the backfield for seven sacks. Cameron Gilb was particularly dangerous to the passing game, picking up twohimself.
Eastern Hancock now has a winning record of 3-2. As for Milan, they now also have a winning record of 3-2.
Eastern Hancock suffered a grim 44-19 defeat to Milan in their previous matchup back in September of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Green, who rushed for 210 yards and a touchdown while picking up 10.5 yards per carry. Now that Eastern Hancock 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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