Crawfordsville hasn't had much luck against Southmont recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Crawfordsville Athenians will be playing at home against the Southmont Mounties at 7:00 p.m.
Last Friday, Crawfordsville had to suffer through a 57-21 loss at the hands of North Putnam. While losing is never fun, the Athenians can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana football rankings (they are ranked 234th, while the Cougars are ranked 89th).
Meanwhile, Southmont never let their opponents score on Friday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Frankfort 40-0 on the road.
Cale Chadd continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 98 yards and a touchdown on only five carries, while also picking up 61 receiving yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Heath Tolliver was another key player, throwing for 133 yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Southmont was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 279 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 201 rushing yards in four consecutive games.
This is the second loss in a row for Crawfordsville and nudges their season record down to 2-2. As for Southmont, the win also got them back to even at 2-2.
Crawfordsville took a serious blow against Southmont in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, falling 48-18. Thankfully for Crawfordsville, Nolan Boyer (who rushed for 142 yards and a touchdown on only eight carries, and also threw for 181 yards and a touchdown while completing 75% of his passes) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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