It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Homestead can now relate to. They fell to the Hamilton Southeastern Royals 20-14. While losing is never fun, the Spartans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana football rankings (they are ranked 48th, while the Royals are ranked eighth).
Despite the loss, Homestead still got an impressive performance from Michael White, who threw for 191 yards and two touchdowns, and also rushed for 30 yards. Kail Swager was another key player, picking up 37 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Hamilton Southeastern's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Brennan Baker led the charge by rushing for 138 yards on only 13 carries. Baker's longest rush was for an impressive 64 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. The team also got some help courtesy of Azariah Wallace, who rushed for 126 yards and a touchdown.
Homestead's loss dropped their record down to 5-5. As for Hamilton Southeastern, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 7-3 record this season.
Homestead does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Hamilton Southeastern, they will face off against Fishers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Hamilton Southeastern is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 27.6 points per game this season.
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