Football Preview: Gibson Southern Titans vs. Heritage Hills Patriots
Two dominant signal callers in Zach Foster and Jett Goldsberry are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Gibson Southern Titans will challenge the Heritage Hills Patriots at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Heritage Hills is hoping to do what Boonville couldn't on Friday: put an end to Gibson Southern's winning streak, which now stands at three games. Gibson Southern claimed a resounding 42-14 win over Boonville on the road. With the Titans ahead 34-7 at the half, the contest was all but over already.
Meanwhile, Heritage Hills waltzed into their match on Friday with six straight wins... but they left with seven. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the Hatchets 42-0 at home. Given the Patriots' advantage in MaxPreps' Indiana football rankings (they are ranked 29th, while the Hatchets are ranked 163rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Goldsberry continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, throwing for 133 yards and three touchdowns while completing 71.4% of his passes, and also rushing for 61 yards and a touchdown. He didn't just play on offense: he also picked up 0.5 sacks, made five total tackles, and defended a pass. Tyler Ruxer was Goldsberry's top target, picking up 118 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Heritage Hills was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 211 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 191 rushing yards in seven consecutive matchups.
Heritage Hills' defense made their presence known, laying out the QB four times. Washington's QB won't forget Hayden Coop anytime soon given he sacked him twice.
Gibson Southern has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 7-2 record this season. As for Heritage Hills, they pushed their record up to 8-1 with the victory, which was their 12th straight at home dating back to last season.
Gibson Southern took a serious blow against Heritage Hills when the teams last played back in September, falling 28-0. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Goldsberry, who rushed for 70 yards and two touchdowns on only nine carries, and also threw for 77 yards and a touchdown on only five passes. Now that Gibson Southern 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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