Frankfort has been on the road for two straight, but on Friday they'll finally head home. They will host the Crawfordsville Athenians at 7:00 p.m. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Frankfort is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took a blow against North Montgomery on Friday, falling 54-26. The loss continues a trend for the Hot Dogs in their matchups with the Chargin' Chargers: they've now lost four in a row.
Even though they lost, Frankfort was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 249 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Frankfort wouldn't let North Montgomery keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Frankfort can thank Josh Taylor and Takoda Fischer for forcing both of them.
Meanwhile, Crawfordsville was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their sixth straight defeat. They were outmatched by Tri-West Hendricks at home and fell 42-0. The shutout was out of character for the Athenians seeing as the last time the team failed to score was back in September.
Frankfort's loss dropped their record down to 0-8. As for Crawfordsville, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-6.
Frankfort took a serious blow against Crawfordsville in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, falling 44-12. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Crawfordsville's Braeden Hites, who rushed for 91 yards and three touchdowns on only ten carries. Now that Frankfort knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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