Greensburg hasn't had much luck against Lawrenceburg recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Greensburg Pirates will head out to challenge the Lawrenceburg Tigers at 7:00 p.m. After the two teams made easy work of their previous opponents, one won't be so lucky on Friday.
Greensburg is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They took their game with ease, bagging a 35-8 victory over Purdue Poly Englewood. The win was a breath of fresh air for the Pirates as it put an end to their 19-game losing streak dating back to last season.
Austin Cruz went supernova for Greensburg, rushing for 150 yards and two touchdowns on only 11 carries. Another player making a difference was Carson Kilgore, who picked up 106 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Greensburg was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 237 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since the start of last season.
Greensburg wouldn't let Purdue Poly Englewood keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. It was truly a group effort as Xander Friend, Bryson Abplanalp, and Ethan Bishop picked up one apiece.
Meanwhile, Lawrenceburg had already won eight in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 29.3 points) and they went ahead and made it nine on Friday. Everything went their way against the Knights as they made off with a 34-8 victory. The Tigers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six matchups by 24 points or more this season.
Greensburg's win ended a nine-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 1-9. As for Lawrenceburg, they pushed their record up to 9-1 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season.
Greensburg was dealt a bruising 70-3 defeat at the hands of Lawrenceburg when the teams last played back in September. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Greensburg was down 56-3.
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