Prairie Heights hasn't had much luck against Eastside recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Prairie Heights Panthers will be playing at home against the Eastside Blazers at 7:00 p.m. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Prairie Heights is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They walked away with a 26-14 win over Central Noble.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Prairie Heights' defense and their three sacks. Rhydian Morgan was particularly dangerous to the passing game, picking up twohimself.
Meanwhile, after only seven points in their last matchup, Eastside made sure to put some points up on the board against Whitko on Friday. Eastside took their contest with ease, bagging a 35-7 victory over Whitko. The Blazers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three matches by 28 points or more this season.
Eastside found their leader in sophomore Job Richman, who rushed for 126 yards on only nine carries, and also threw for 90 yards and three touchdowns on only six passes. Those 126 rushing yards gave Richman a new career-high.
Eastside was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 312 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
The win got Prairie Heights back to even at 5-5. As for Eastside, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 5-5 record this season.
Prairie Heights came up short against Eastside when the teams last played back in September, falling 26-13. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Eastside's Noah Dove, who rushed for 100 yards and three touchdowns. Now that Prairie Heights knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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