The South Bend Riley Wildcats will challenge the Elkhart Lions at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
South Bend Riley is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 35 points back in August, they were much more limited against Penn on Friday. They had to suffer through a 35-7 loss at the hands of the Kingsmen. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana football rankings (they are ranked 128th, while the Kingsmen are ranked 29th).
Meanwhile, Elkhart never let their opponents score on Friday. They blew past South Bend Washington 69-0 at home. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Lions.
Among those leading the charge was Quinn Rost, who threw for 99 yards and two touchdowns while completing 77.8% of his passes, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground. Novell Miller was another key player, rushing for 38 yards and two touchdowns.
Miller wasn't the only one working in the rushing yards department: Elkhart was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 227 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.
Elkhart wouldn't let South Bend Washington keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. It was truly a group effort as Miller, Kayden Jones, and Justin Allen picked up one apiece. Allen also put in work on the defensive side of the ball, forcing a fumble and making two total tackles.
South Bend Riley's loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 1-1. As for Elkhart, they now have a winning record of 2-1.
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