Football Preview: New Albany Eagles vs. Central Crossing Comets
The New Albany Eagles will square off against the Central Crossing Comets at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
New Albany will head into Friday's match out to bounce back: they won a close one the last time they played, but unfortunately they suffered a serious change of fortune on Friday. They were dealt a 41-6 defeat at the hands of Lincoln. The Eagles have struggled against the Golden Lions recently, as their game on Friday was their fourth consecutive lost matchup.
New Albany's loss came about despite a quality game from Will Olah, who rushed for 110 yards. That's the most rushing yards Olah has posted since back in October of 2023.
Even though they lost, New Albany was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 232 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 194 rushing yards in four consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Central Crossing was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their sixth straight defeat. They had to suffer through a 42-0 loss at the hands of Pickerington North. While losing is never fun, the Comets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio football rankings (they are ranked 359th, while the Panthers are ranked 48th).
New Albany's loss dropped their record down to 2-5. As for Central Crossing, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-6.
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