Southeast of Saline will square off against Hillsboro at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are strolling into their contests after big wins in their previous games.
Southeast of Saline is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took their game on Friday with ease, bagging a 73-7 win over Lyons. The matchup was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 59-7.
Southeast of Saline's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Gannon Jacobson led the charge by throwing for 129 yards and three TDs on only nine passes, while also rushing for 79 yards and one touchdown. Jacobson's longest rush was for an impressive 63 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. Grady Gebhardt was another key rusher, rushing for 47 yards and three scores.
They were just one part of a punishing run game: Southeast of Saline was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 322 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in November of 2024.
Meanwhile, Hillsboro hadn't done well against Ellsworth recently (they were 0-3 in their previous three matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Friday. The Trojans put the hurt on the Bearcats with a sharp 54-32 victory. The Trojans pushed the score to 41-13 by the end of the third, a deficit the Bearcats cut but never quite recovered from.
Southeast of Saline's win bumped their record up to 5-0. As for Hillsboro, they now have a winning record of 3-2.
Everything came up roses for Southeast of Saline against Hillsboro in their previous matchup back in October of 2024, as the squad secured a 36-8 victory. Will Southeast of Saline repeat their success, or does Hillsboro has a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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