The Daviess County Panthers had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 17 points), and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 24-21 victory over North Hardin. This was payback for Daviess County, who suffered a 45-16 loss the last time these two teams met.
The critical scores for Daviess County came from Russ Crowe and Jackson Lee.
Daviess County's defense made their presence known, laying out the QB three times. Leading the way was Gillam Nicodemus and his two sacks.
Daviess County has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 5-6 record this season. As for North Hardin, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 3-8.
Daviess County will head out on the road to face off against Central Hardin at 8:00 p.m. on Friday. North Hardin does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
