The Merrillville Pirates will challenge the Warsaw Tigers at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Merrillville sitting on nine straight wins and Warsaw on six.
Merrillville is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They claimed a resounding 48-14 victory over Valparaiso. The Pirates might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won nine contests by 24 points or more this season.
Jac'Quarious Johnson was his usual excellent self, rushing for 222 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 10.1 yards per carry. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 105.5 rushing yards per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Cameron Jordan, who rushed for 113 yards and two touchdowns on only ten carries.
Merrillville was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 409 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since the start of last season.
Merrillville didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Trenton Nixon and Stanley Freeman.
Meanwhile, Warsaw gave up the first points last Friday, but they didn't let that get them down. They took down Lafayette Jefferson 44-27.
Merrillville pushed their record up to 11-1 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 30.8 points. As for Warsaw, their record is now 9-3.
Merrillville strolled past Warsaw when the teams last played back in November of 2019 by a score of 42-28. The rematch might be a little tougher for Merrillville 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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