Football Preview: New Palestine Dragons vs. Indianapolis Bishop Chatard Trojans
The New Palestine Dragons are taking a road trip to take on the Indianapolis Bishop Chatard Trojans at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with New Palestine sitting on ten straight wins and Indianapolis Bishop Chatard on three.
New Palestine is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They beat Pendleton Heights by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 41-7. Considering the Dragons have won ten games by more than 20 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead New Palestine to victory, but perhaps none more so than Caden Jacobia, who rushed for 62 yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance gave Jacobia a new career-high in rushing yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Max Wiegand, who rushed for 117 yards and a touchdown.
New Palestine was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 354 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 176 rushing yards in 11 consecutive contests.
New Palestine didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Aalijah Lissade and Jacobia.
Meanwhile, Indianapolis Bishop Chatard faced Roncalli in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Friday. Indianapolis Bishop Chatard managed a 28-24 victory over Roncalli.
Indianapolis Bishop Chatard is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 9-2 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 13.4 points per game. As for New Palestine, they pushed their record up to 11-0-1 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home.
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