Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Evansville North). They simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat the Evansville Central Bears 35-7 on the road. The match was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 35-0.
Jason Rucker Ii was a one-man wrecking crew for Evansville North as he rushed for 101 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries. Evan Garnett also helped out with an impressive 81 receiving yards.
Evansville North didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Aman Kincaid and Matthew Pegram. Kincaid also defended three defended passes, which is notable because Evansville North is 4-2 when he posts at least three defended passes, but 0-3 otherwise.
Evansville North pushed their record up to 4-5 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road. As for Evansville Central, they are on a seven-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-8.
Both are set to take part in some playoff action in their next matches. Evansville North will get to enjoy the win for a while: their next game is against New Albany at 7:00 p.m. on November 1st. Evansville North is facing New Albany at the right time seeing as New Albany is stuck on a five-game losing streak. As for Evansville Central, they will take on Evansville Reitz at 6:30 p.m. on Friday.
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