The Berkshire Badgers will be defending their home-field for the first time for the first time when they go up against the Hawken Hawks at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Berkshire is coming home in high spirits after they had to open their season on the road against Cuyahoga Heights. Berkshire walked away with a 26-15 win over Cuyahoga Heights on Friday.
Berkshire can attribute much of their success to Sam Barcikoski, who rushed for 62 yards and two touchdowns, and also threw for 92 yards and a touchdown. Berkshire also got a significant boost from Ayden Wiser, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 82 yards.
Another reason for the win was Berkshire's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for four sacks. Cuyahoga Heights' QB won't forget Daniel Tiller anytime soon given he sacked him twice.
Meanwhile, Hawken took care of business in their home opener on Friday (and then some). They claimed a resounding 42-0 victory over Rhodes at home. Given the Hawks' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio football rankings (they are ranked 230th, while the Rams are ranked 561st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Jordan Johnson was a one-man wrecking crew for Hawken as he rushed for 132 yards and two touchdowns on only 15 carries. The team also got some help courtesy of Donovan Moorhead, who threw for 183 yards and three touchdowns while completing 73.7% of his passes.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Hawken was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 225 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.
Berkshire came up short against Hawken in their previous meeting back in September of 2022, falling 35-27. Thankfully for Berkshire, Dominic Johnson (who rushed for 296 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 9.5 yards per carry) 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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