The Louisville Lions will venture away from home to square off against the Ashland-Greenwood Bluejays at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Louisville is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Palmyra 49-15 at home on Friday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.
Meanwhile, Ashland-Greenwood really took it to Auburn for the full four quarters, racking up a 41-13 victory at home. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Bluejays.
A big part of Ashland-Greenwood's win came down to the chemistry between Derek Tonjes and his top target Thomas Spears. Tonjes threw for 291 yards and five touchdowns while completing 76.9% of his passes while Spears picked up 143 receiving yards and three touchdowns. Spears' longest reception was for an incredible 92 yards.
Ashland-Greenwood's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Garett Turner and Landon Mohs. The dominant performance also gave Mohs a new career-high in rushing yards.
Louisville's victory bumped their record up to 3-1. As for Ashland-Greenwood, they pushed their record up to 3-1 with the win, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season.
Louisville took a serious blow against Ashland-Greenwood in their previous meeting back in October of 2021, falling 51-13. Thankfully for Louisville, Nathan Upton (who rushed for 85 yards and two touchdowns) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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