The Martinsville Artesians will be playing in front of their home fans against the Greenwood Woodmen at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Martinsville is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They took their contest with ease, bagging a 49-13 victory over Silver Creek. The Artesians might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five matches by 20 points or more this season.
Draven Sanders was nothing short of spectacular: he picked up 81 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Greenwood). They blew past Bedford North Lawrence 48-24 on Friday. The Woodmen pushed the score to 35-8 by the end of the third, a deficit the Stars cut but never quite recovered from.
It was another big night for Gunner Ruppert, who rushed for 358 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 9.7 yards per carry. Those 358 rushing yards gave him a new career-high.
Greenwood was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 407 rushing yards. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their rushing yard total in three consecutive games.
Greenwood didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Brandon Eldridge and Davion Jones.
Greenwood's record is now 4-7. As for Martinsville, their win was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 10-1.
Friday's matchup might be decided in the on the ground. Martinsville has been excellent on the ground this season, having averaged 162.4 rushing yards per game. However, it's not like Greenwood struggles in that department as they've been averaging 216.4. It's looking like Friday's contest might have some serious battles in the trenches.
Martinsville strolled past Greenwood in their previous meeting back in September by a score of 50-31. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Greenwood's Ayden Houseman, who rushed for 124 yards and three touchdowns on only 14 carries, and also threw for 181 yards and two touchdowns. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Martinsville still be able to contain Houseman? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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