Evansville Mater Dei and Evansville Reitz are an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2014, but not for long. A feisty cat fight will be fought when Wildcats dukes it out withthe Evansville Reitz Panthers at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Evansville Reitz is hoping to do what Evansville Harrison couldn't on Friday: put an end to Evansville Mater Dei's winning streak, which now stands at four games. Evansville Mater Dei claimed a resounding 45-7 win over Evansville Harrison at home. Given the Wildcats' advantage in MaxPreps' Indiana football rankings (they are ranked 40th, while the Warriors are ranked 154th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Evansville Reitz got themselves on the board against Evansville Bosse on Friday, but Evansville Bosse never followed suit. They breezed by the Bulldogs on the road to the tune of 35-0. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Panthers considering their seven-point performance the game before.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Evansville Reitz to victory, but perhaps none more so than Jasseim Ussery, who rushed for 115 yards and two touchdowns on only ten carries. That's the most rushing yards Ussery has posted since back in August. The team also got some help courtesy of Elijah Darrett, who rushed for 100 yards and two touchdowns on only 14 carries.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Evansville Reitz's defense and their 15 sacks. Will Friday led the group effort, picking up six of those sacks all by himself. He also set a new season high mark in sacks with six.
Evansville Mater Dei's victory bumped their record up to 7-1. As for Evansville Reitz, their win bumped their record up to 6-2.
Evansville Mater Dei came up short against Evansville Reitz in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, falling 14-10. Thankfully for Evansville Mater Dei, Roland Vera Jr. (who rushed for 101 yards on only ten carries, and also threw for eight yards and a touchdown) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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