Pendleton Heights has been on the road for two straight, but on Friday they'll finally head home. They will challenge the Yorktown Tigers at 7:00 p.m. Pendleton Heights is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 26.2 points per game this season.
Last Friday, Pendleton Heights and Delta were almost perfectly matched up, but Pendleton Heights suffered a 27-26 loss.
Even though the team lost, they still had their share of impressive performances. One of the best came from Colton Frank, who threw for 238 yards and two touchdowns, and also rushed for 37 yards. That's the most rushing yards he has posted since back in August. Nate Derolf was Frank's top target, picking up 109 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Even if they lost, Pendleton Heights' defense still kept up the pressure with three sacks. Garrett Pederson was particularly dangerous to the passing game, picking up twohimself.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Yorktown faced off against Greenfield-Central on Friday. Yorktown strolled past Greenfield-Central with points to spare, taking the game 21-7. The score was all tied up 7-7 at the break, but the Tigers were the (much) better team in the second half.
Yorktown was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 257 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 90 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last three contests they've averaged 200.3.
Yorktown didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Wilson Webster and Kaden Crumes. Webster also set a new season high mark in rushing yards with 173.
Pendleton Heights' defeat was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 2-6. As for Yorktown, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 5-2 record this season.
Everything went Pendleton Heights' way against Yorktown in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, as Pendleton Heights made off with a 31-7 victory. Will Pendleton Heights repeat their success, or does Yorktown have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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