Football Preview: Greenfield-Central Cougars vs. Yorktown Tigers
Greenfield-Central has been on the road for two straight, but on Friday they'll finally head home. They will host the Yorktown Tigers at 7:00 p.m. Both have allowed few points on average, (Greenfield-Central: 15.8, Yorktown: 16.3) so any points scored will be well earned.
Greenfield-Central's usually-dominant defense will be looking to make up for Saturday's struggle, when New Palestine offense got past them. Greenfield-Central took a blow against New Palestine on Saturday, falling 38-0. The matchup marked the first time this year in which the Cougars were not able to get on the board.
Meanwhile, while Yorktown put up plenty of points on Friday, the same can't be said for Shelbyville. Yorktown really took it to Shelbyville for the full four quarters, racking up a 33-0 win at home. The Tigers pushed the score to 26-0 by the end of the third, a deficit the Golden Bears had little chance of recovering from.
Ephraim Daugherty was the offensive standout of the contest as he picked up 40 receiving yards and a touchdown, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Yorktown was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 215 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in October of 2023.
Yorktown wouldn't let Shelbyville keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Yorktown can thank Kaden Crumes and Henry Tokar for forcing both of them. With that strong performance, Tokar is now averaging an impressive 5.7 total tackles per game.
The defeat snapped Greenfield-Central's winning streak at five games and leaves them with a 5-1 record. As for Yorktown, their victory bumped their record up to 4-2.
Greenfield-Central didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Yorktown when the teams last played back in September of 2023, but they still walked away with a 35-30 win. Will Greenfield-Central repeat their success, or does Yorktown have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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