Football Preview: Eastside Blazers vs. Angola Hornets
The Eastside Blazers will square off against the Angola Hornets at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Eastside will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more points each match than the last.
Eastside is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Central Noble, posting a 48-6 victory on the road. The team's explosion on offense also rewarded the Blazers with their most commanding win of the season.
Meanwhile, while it was Angola who put the first points on the board on Friday, it was Garrett who put up more. Angola had to suffer through a 42-14 loss at the hands of Garrett. While losing is never fun, the Hornets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana football rankings (they are ranked 140th, while the Railroaders are ranked 35th).
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Hawk Hasselman and Calder Hefty. Hefty had a great game and rushed for 144 yards and three touchdowns on only 12 carries. Meanwhile, Hasselman was balling out in the loss, rushing for 68 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries, while also throwing for 75 yards and a touchdown.
Eastside's win ended a four-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 4-4. As for Angola, their loss dropped their record down to 3-5.
Eastside came up short against Angola in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, falling 14-3. Can Eastside avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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