The Peoria Notre Dame Irish will head out to face off against the Centennial Chargers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Peoria Notre Dame will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more points each game than the last.
Peoria Notre Dame is headed into the contest after thoroughly thrashing Richwoods: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Peoria Notre Dame blew Richwoods out of the water with a 65-14 final score. The match was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Irish had established a 44 point advantage.
It was another big night for Jack Hanley, who rushed for 228 yards and three touchdowns on only 13 carries. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 129.2 rushing yards per game.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Peoria Notre Dame was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 402 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 302 rushing yards in four consecutive matchups.
Peoria Notre Dame's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Ben Mullens and John Couri.
Meanwhile, Centennial had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 28 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They walked away with a 34-24 win over the Vikings.
The victory got Peoria Notre Dame back to even at 2-2. As for Centennial, their record is now 3-1.
Peoria Notre Dame suffered a grim 40-20 defeat to Centennial in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. Can Peoria Notre Dame avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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