Football Preview: Southmont Mounties vs. Crawfordsville Athenians
Southmont has gone 8-2 against Crawfordsville recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Southmont Mounties will take on the Crawfordsville Athenians at 7:00 p.m. Crawfordsville took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on Southmont, who comes in off a win.
Southmont's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They breezed by Frankfort on the road to the tune of 40-0.
Cale Chadd continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 98 yards and a touchdown on only five carries, while also picking up 61 receiving yards and a touchdown. He got the majority of those receiving yards when he pulled down a pass and took off for a gain of 61 yards. Another player making a difference was Heath Tolliver, who threw for 133 yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Southmont was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 279 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 201 rushing yards in four consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 57-21, which was the final score in Crawfordsville's tilt against North Putnam on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Athenians can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana football rankings (they are ranked 234th, while the Cougars are ranked 89th).
The win got Southmont back to even at 2-2. As for Crawfordsville, this is the second loss in a row for them and also nudges their season record down to 2-2.
Everything came up roses for Southmont against Crawfordsville in their previous matchup back in September of 2023 as the squad secured a 48-18 victory. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Crawfordsville's Ethan Mclemore, who picked up 139 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Now that he won't be playing on Friday, will it be easier for Southmont to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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