Eastern Greene lost against North Knox back in August of 2023, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The Eastern Greene Thunderbirds received a blow as they fell 40-21 to the North Knox Warriors. The loss continues a trend for the Thunderbirds in their matchups with the Warriors: they've now lost six in a row.
North Knox was led to victory by Brennan Messel and Aven Saucerman. Messel threw for 299 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 13.0 yards per attempt, while Saucerman gained 151 total yards and two touchdowns. Saucerman got the majority of those yards when he took off on a run and that went for an incredible78 yards. Eli Elkins did his part to keep the secondary busy, picking up 86 receiving yards.
Eastern Greene's defeat dropped their record down to 0-2. As for North Knox, the win also got them back to even at 1-1.
Eastern Greene will square off against North Daviess at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both are at an even 5-5 against one another since September of 2016. As for North Knox, they will hit the road for the first time this season to square off against Washington at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams might be coming in a bit winded given how much these teams ran up and down the field in their prior games.
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