Football Preview: New Palestine Dragons vs. Decatur Central Hawks
New Palestine is on a eight-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while Decatur Central is on a three-game streak of away wins (also dating back to last season): one of those streaks is about to end. The New Palestine Dragons will welcome the Decatur Central Hawks at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Decatur Central took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on New Palestine, who comes in off a win.
Last Friday, everything went New Palestine's way against Kokomo as New Palestine made off with a 35-14 win. Given the Dragons' advantage in MaxPreps' Indiana football rankings (they are ranked 13th, while the Wildkats are ranked 62nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Decatur Central came up short against Columbus North on Friday, falling 41-15. The Hawks were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 34-7.
Decatur Central wouldn't let Columbus North keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force four fumbles. It was truly a group effort as Kasmir Hicks, Maurice Carter, and Braylon Morris picked up one apiece.
New Palestine and Decatur Central were almost perfectly matched up in their previous meeting back in August of 2023, but New Palestine suffered an agonizing 43-42 loss. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Decatur Central's Bo Polston, who threw for 362 yards and two touchdowns, and also rushed for 41 yards and a touchdown. Now that New Palestine 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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