Football Preview: Evansville Harrison Warriors vs. Evansville North Huskies
After starting their season with two straight games on the road, Evansville Harrison is finally coming home. They will look to take advantage of their home-field as they take on the Evansville North Huskies at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Given that both suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.
Last Friday, Evansville Harrison came up short against Jasper and fell 41-33.
Despite their loss, Evansville Harrison saw several players rise to the challenge and make noteworthy plays. Rylan Knapp, who threw for 351 yards and five touchdowns while completing 78.9% of his passes, was perhaps the best of all. Kordavion Reed was Knapp's top target, picking up 163 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Even though they lost, Evansville Harrison was moving up and down the field and finished the game with 418 total yards. That's the most total yards they've posted since was before the start of last season.
Meanwhile, Evansville North lost 35-14 to Evansville Memorial on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Huskies can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana football rankings (they are ranked 88th, while the Tigers are ranked 24th).
Jason Rucker Ii put forth a good effort for the losing side as he rushed for 103 yards and a touchdown. He got the majority of those yards when he took off on a run and that went for an incredible67 yards.
Evansville Harrison's defeat dropped their record down to 0-2. As for Evansville North, their loss dropped their record down to an identical 0-2.
Evansville Harrison was taken down by Evansville North 52-12 in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. Thankfully for Evansville Harrison, Sam Mckinney (who rushed for 65 yards and two touchdowns on only six carries, and also threw for 137 yards and a touchdown) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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