The Jacksonville Fightin' Indians will square off against the New Diana Eagles at 6:55 p.m. on Friday. The squads are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Jacksonville has struggled recently with eight defeats in a row, while New Diana will arrive with ten straight victories.
Jacksonville is headed into the match out to prove that what happened against Texas two weeks ago (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Jacksonville was beaten by Texas 48-7. While losing is never fun, the Fightin' Indians can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 633rd, while the Tigers are ranked 14th).
Jacksonville wouldn't let Texas keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Jacksonville can thank Michael Miles and Josh Gaskin for forcing both of them.
Meanwhile, you're bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter, and that's exactly how it played out for New Diana on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that they blew Elkhart out of the water with a 76-24 final score. The matchup was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 49-24.
It was another big night for Dejuan Johnson, who threw for 339 yards and six touchdowns while completing 82.4% of his passes, and also rushed for 107 yards and two touchdowns on only eight carries. He has been hot recently, having posted three or more passing touchdowns the last three times he's played. Colt Mcdowell was in the mix too, providing New Diana with two touchdowns.
New Diana's win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 10-0. Those good results were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 9.0 points per game. As for Jacksonville, their loss dropped their record down to 1-9.
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