Evansville Memorial has won four straight games at home, while Southridge has won four straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Friday. The Evansville Memorial Tigers will welcome the Southridge Raiders at 7:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Evansville Memorial is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They blew past Evansville Mater Dei 34-14.
Evansville Memorial can attribute much of their success to Dylen Kendrick, who rushed for 156 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 9.2 yards per carry, and Matthew Fisher, who threw for 233 yards and two touchdowns while completing 73.9% of his passes. Kendrick's longest rush was for an incredible 80 yards.
Meanwhile, Southridge got the win against Mt. Vernon on Friday by a conclusive 55-35.
Caden Kramer and Justin Leathers were among the main playmakers for Southridge as the former rushed for 248 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 14.6 yards per carry and the latter rushed for 151 yards and four touchdowns on only nine carries. With that strong performance, Leathers is now averaging an impressive 104.5 rushing yards per game.
Southridge didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Sam Gasser and Davis Schwartz. Schwartz is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made five or more in the last 11 games he's played dating back to last season.
Southridge was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 494 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 194 rushing yards in five consecutive matches.
Evansville Memorial's win bumped their record up to 10-0. As for Southridge, their victory bumped their record up to 8-2.
Friday's matchup will pit two of the most dominant signal callers against one another: Fisher and Leathers. Fisher has put up some stellar numbers this year, and currently owns excellent season averages 229.4 passing yards and has 31 passing touchdowns on the season. For his part, Leathers has averaged 53.2 passing yards and has 3 passing touchdowns on the season.
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