Batesville has been on the road for two straight, but on Friday they'll finally head home. They will host the Lawrenceburg Tigers at 7:00 p.m.
Batesville is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering East Central just ended the team's four-game winning streak on Friday. They took a 24-13 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Trojans. The contest marked the Bulldogs' lowest-scoring match so far this season.
Although Batesville took the loss, they still got scores from Will Jaisle and Carson Hartley.
Meanwhile, Lawrenceburg had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 38.7 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Friday. They came out on top against the Wildcats by a score of 35-27.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Lawrenceburg was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 291 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.
Lawrenceburg wouldn't let Franklin County keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Noah Knigga was the leader in that area as all came courtesy of his dominant performance.
Having lost for the first time this season, Batesville fell to 4-1. As for Lawrenceburg, their win bumped their record up to an identical 4-1.
Batesville didn't have too much breathing room in their matchup against Lawrenceburg in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, but they still walked away with a 20-14 victory. Will Batesville repeat their success, or does Lawrenceburg have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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