Football Preview: Evansville Memorial Tigers vs. Evansville Bosse Bulldogs
Evansville Memorial is 10-0 against Evansville Bosse since September of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Evansville Memorial Tigers will welcome the Evansville Bosse Bulldogs at 6:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Evansville Memorial has five straight victories, Evansville Bosse has six straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Evansville Memorial is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed by Evansville Harrison on the road to the tune of 45-8 on Friday. Fans of the Tigers have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 20+ points.
Dylen Kendrick continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 75 yards and two touchdowns on only five carries. Landen Horning was another key back, rushing for 66 yards and a touchdown on only five carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Evansville Memorial was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 213 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.
Evansville Memorial's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged three passes before it was all said and done. It was truly a group effort as Jacob Lively, Liam Schmitt, and Schmitt picked up one apiece.
Meanwhile, Evansville Bosse lost 34-8 to Evansville North on Friday. Despite 73 more yards than the Huskies, the Bulldogs couldn't convert that extra yardage to scores.
Evansville Memorial's win was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 5-0. As for Evansville Bosse, their loss dropped their record down to 0-5.
Evansville Memorial won a match that couldn't have been any closer in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, slipping by Evansville Bosse 27-26. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Evansville Bosse's Elijah Wagner, who rushed for 165 yards and two touchdowns, and also threw for 176 yards and two touchdowns. Now that he won't be playing on Friday, will it be easier for Evansville Memorial to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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