Southern Wells is 1-7 against Heritage since October of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Southern Wells Raiders and the Heritage Patriots are set to duel.
Southern Wells is headed into Friday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their 16th straight game dating back to last season on Friday. They had to suffer through a 55-0 loss at the hands of Adams Central. While losing is never fun, the Raiders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana football rankings (they are ranked 308th, while the Flying Jets are ranked 63rd).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Heritage). They blew past Bluffton 51-20 on the road on Friday. Considering the Patriots have won four contests by more than 20 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Lucas Weber continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 120 yards and two touchdowns on only six carries, while also picking up 44 receiving yards and a touchdown. The bulk of those rushing yards came from one huge play: a run that gained an incredible 65 yards. Eli Tigulis was another key player, throwing for 154 yards and three touchdowns while completing 85.7% of his passes.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Heritage was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 386 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 184 rushing yards in seven consecutive matchups.
Heritage didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Max Mirelez, Weber, and Gery Gerber picked up one apiece.
Southern Wells' loss dropped their record down to 0-7. As for Heritage, they pushed their record up to 6-1 with the win, which was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season.
Southern Wells was dealt a bruising 61-7 defeat at the hands of Heritage when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Thankfully for Southern Wells, Nolan Hoskins (who rushed for 77 yards and two touchdowns on only seven carries) 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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