Tri-West Hendricks has gone 10-0 against Crawfordsville recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Tri-West Hendricks Bruins will square off against the Crawfordsville Athenians at 7:00 p.m. Tri-West Hendricks is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 34 points per game this season.
Tri-West Hendricks took a loss when they played away from home last Saturday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Friday. They breezed by North Montgomery at home to the tune of 70-0. The Bruins pushed the score to 63-0 by the end of the third, a deficit the Chargin' Chargers had no chance of recovering from.
Malachi Walden and Derek Reid were among the main playmakers for Tri-West Hendricks as the former threw for 95 yards and three touchdowns on perfect 7-for-7 passing and the latter rushed for 92 yards and two touchdowns on only seven carries. Walden is becoming a predictor of Tri-West Hendricks' success: when he posts at least three passing touchdowns the team is 2-1 (and 1-3 when he doesn't). Carter Cummings was in the mix too, providing Tri-West Hendricks with two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Tri-West Hendricks was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 235 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in November of 2023.
Tri-West Hendricks didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. In fact, those interceptions all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Mathias Walden.
Meanwhile, Crawfordsville was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss. They were beaten by Lebanon 56-7. 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 241st, while the Tigers are ranked 100th).
The victory snapped Tri-West Hendricks' losing streak at three games and leaves them with a 3-4 record. As for Crawfordsville, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-5.
Everything came up roses for Tri-West Hendricks against Crawfordsville in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, as the team secured a 41-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Tri-West Hendricks since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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