The Hanover Central Wildcats will square off against the New Prairie Cougars at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Hanover Central has been dominant on offense recently, as they've racked up an incredible 161 points over their last three matchups.
Hanover Central is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They blew past Kankakee Valley 42-14. Considering the Wildcats have won seven contests by more than 19 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
The match pitted two dominant backs against one another in Caiden Verrett and Marco Castro. Verrett had a great game and rushed for 91 yards and four touchdowns on only ten carries. Meanwhile, Castro was balling out in the loss, rushing for 175 yards.
Hanover Central didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Dylan Bowen and Cameron Andrejevic.
Meanwhile, New Prairie had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 45 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. In a tight match that could have gone either way, they made off with a 15-14 victory over the Brickies.
The critical scores for New Prairie came from Hayden Scott and Reed Robinson.
New Prairie has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season. As for Hanover Central, their win bumped their record up to 9-2.
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