The Hamilton Southeastern Royals will be playing at home against the Fishers Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both might be coming in a bit winded given these two teams combined for 868 yards in their previous games.
Hamilton Southeastern is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They snuck past Homestead with a 20-14 victory. Given the Royals' advantage in MaxPreps' Indiana football rankings (they are ranked eighth, while the Spartans are ranked 48th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Hamilton Southeastern to victory, but perhaps none more so than Brennan Baker, who rushed for 138 yards on only 13 carries. Baker's longest rush was for an impressive 64 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. The team also got some help courtesy of Azariah Wallace, who rushed for 126 yards and a touchdown.
Hamilton Southeastern was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 344 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in November of 2023.
Meanwhile, Fishers beat Noblesville 31-21 on Friday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Tigers.
Fishers had a senior duo take command as Caden Hill threw for 265 yards and two touchdowns on only 18 passes and Jonanthony Hall picked up 136 receiving yards and a touchdown. Fishers also got a significant boost from Ryan Thembulembu, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 102 yards.
Fishers didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Tristan Johnson and Carsen Eloms.
Fishers' record is now 6-4. As for Hamilton Southeastern, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 7-3 record this season.
Hamilton Southeastern couldn't quite finish off Fishers in their previous matchup back in September and fell 37-35. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Thembulembu, who rushed for 163 yards and two touchdowns, and also picked up 30 receiving yards and a touchdown. Now that Hamilton Southeastern knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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