Football Preview: Indiana Little Indians vs. Mars Fightin' Planets
The Indiana Little Indians will head out to square off against the Mars Fightin' Planets at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Indiana is no doubt hoping to put an end to a nine-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
Indiana's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against McKeesport on Friday. They had to suffer through a 54-0 loss at the hands of the Tigers. While losing is never fun, the Little Indians can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 438th, while the Tigers are ranked 44th).
Meanwhile, after only seven points in their last match, Mars made sure to put some points up on the board against Hampton on Friday. Mars blew past Hampton 35-0 on the road. Considering the Fightin' Planets have won three contests by more than 27 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Eric Kasperowicz was his usual excellent self, rushing for 187 yards and a touchdown while picking up 11.0 yards per carry, and also throwing for 69 yards and a touchdown. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 107.2 rushing yards per game.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Mars was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 227 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 165 rushing yards in three consecutive games.
Indiana's loss dropped their record down to 1-8. As for Mars, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 4-5 record this season.
Indiana was taken down by Mars 42-6 when the teams last played back in September of 2023. Thankfully for Indiana, Evan Wright (who rushed for 192 yards and three touchdowns on only 15 carries) 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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