The Greencastle Tiger Cubs will square off against the Linton-Stockton Miners at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Greencastle is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. Everything went their way against Brown County as Greencastle made off with a 50-24 victory. Winning may never get old, but the Tiger Cubs sure are getting used to it with their third in a row.
Meanwhile, Linton-Stockton's offense rose to the challenge against a Wildcats defense that boasted an average of only 14.82 points allowed on Friday. Linton-Stockton breezed by South Vermillion to the tune of 38-6. Winning may never get old, but the Miners sure are getting used to it with their sixth in a row.
Jesse Voigtschild was his usual excellent self, rushing for 235 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 7.6 yards per carry. Those 235 rushing yards gave him a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Braylon Mcbride, who threw for 123 yards and two touchdowns while completing 84.6% of his passes.
Linton-Stockton was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 361 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 177 rushing yards in nine consecutive contests.
Linton-Stockton didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Russell Goodman and Mcbride.
Greencastle's win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 5-6. As for Linton-Stockton, their victory was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 9-2.
Greencastle was dealt a bruising 46-14 loss at the hands of Linton-Stockton in their previous meeting back in September. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Linton-Stockton's Paul Oliver, who rushed for 65 yards and two touchdowns, and also threw for 181 yards and three touchdowns while completing 88.9% of his passes. Now that Greencastle 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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