The Greenfield-Central Cougars will challenge the New Castle Trojans at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Greenfield-Central is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 36.3 points per game this season.
Greenfield-Central will roll into the match after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up seven points last Friday, then bounced right back against Delta on Friday. Greenfield-Central breezed by Delta on the road to the tune of 42-7. The result was nothing new for the Cougars, who have now won four games by 35 points or more so far this season.
Dallas Freeman was his usual excellent self, rushing for 67 yards and two touchdowns, while also throwing for 166 yards and two touchdowns while completing 72.7% of his passes.
They were just one part of a punishing run game: Greenfield-Central was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 206 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Delta only rushed for 89.
Another reason for the win was Greenfield-Central's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for 7.5 sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Cooper Hinton and Jacob Vanosdol, who racked up five sacks between them.
Meanwhile, a victory for New Castle just wasn't in the cards on Friday as the squad wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They took a blow against New Palestine, falling 44-6. The contest marked the Trojans' lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.
Greenfield-Central's win bumped their record up to 6-2. As for New Castle, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 4-4.
Everything went Greenfield-Central's way against New Castle in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, as Greenfield-Central made off with a 44-20 victory. In that match, Greenfield-Central amassed a halftime lead of 34-14, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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