The Lincoln-Way Central Knights will challenge the Rich Township Raptors at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Lincoln-Way Central is headed into the contest after thoroughly thrashing Waubonsie Valley: they outscored them in every quarter. Lincoln-Way Central took down Waubonsie Valley 29-13 on Friday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Knights.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Rich Township). They breezed by Thornridge at home to the tune of 66-18 on Friday. The match was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 52-12.
This one was won in the trenches and the lion's share of the credit has to go to Jason Carey and he. Carey gained 121 total yards and three touchdowns while he gained 121 total yards and three touchdowns. Ortez Johnson also punched in three rushing touchdowns, which is notable because Rich Township is 2-1 when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns, but 2-3 otherwise. Another player making a difference was Marlon Erves, who rushed for 94 yards and a touchdown.
Rich Township didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Carey and Samuel Gyimah. The dominant performance also gave Gyimah a new career-high in rushing yards.
Lincoln-Way Central is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 5-3 record this season. As for Rich Township, the victory got them back to even at 4-4.
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