Football Preview: Castle Knights vs. Evansville Memorial Tigers
The Castle Knights are taking a road trip to challenge the Evansville Memorial Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Castle comes in on six and Evansville Memorial on eight.
Castle is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They claimed a resounding 62-21 win over Evansville Central at home. Given the Knights' advantage in MaxPreps' Indiana football rankings (they are ranked 43rd, while the Bears are ranked 204th), the result on Friday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Max Mccool continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 112 yards and three touchdowns on only nine carries. His rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his seventh straight game with at least 112 rushing yards dating back to last season. Anthony Zaccardelli handled things on the ground, rushing for 98 yards and a rushing touchdown.
Meanwhile, everything went Evansville Memorial's way against Vincennes Lincoln on Friday as Evansville Memorial made off with a 35-12 victory. 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.
Evansville Memorial's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Matthew Fisher led the charge by throwing for 289 yards and five touchdowns while completing 77.8% of his passes. Luke Ellspermann did his part for the team as well, scoring a TD off of 83 receiving yards.
Castle pushed their record up to 7-1 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home. As for Evansville Memorial, their victory bumped their record up to 8-0.
Castle came out on top in a nail-biter against Evansville Memorial in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, sneaking past 24-21. The rematch might be a little tougher for Castle since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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