After each having a week off, the Plainfield Quakers and the Anderson Indians will shake off the cobwebs and challenge one another at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Plainfield has three straight victories, Anderson has 13 straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Plainfield is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They walked away with a 50-37 win over Martinsville last Friday. The Quakers pushed the score to 43-23 by the end of the third, a deficit the Artesians cut but never quite recovered from.
Luke Starnes was his usual excellent self, rushing for 162 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 7.7 yards per carry. Starnes is crushing it when it comes to rushing yards: he's rushed for at least 111 every time he's taken the field this season. Westyn Weyrich was another key back, rushing for 72 yards and three touchdowns.
Plainfield was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 274 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 204 rushing yards in nine consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, a victory for Anderson just wasn't in the cards two weeks ago as the team wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They were beaten by Marion 64-24. While losing is never fun, the Indians can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana football rankings (they are ranked 250th, while the Giants are ranked 122nd).
Plainfield pushed their record up to 8-1 with the win, which was their fifth straight on the road. As for Anderson, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-9.
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