Scottsburg is 6-1 against Eastern since October of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Scottsburg Warriors will be playing in front of their home fans against the Eastern Musketeers at 7:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Scottsburg has five straight wins, Eastern has six straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Scottsburg is headed into the game after thoroughly thrashing Mitchell: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Scottsburg blew Mitchell out of the water with a 56-7 final score. The result was nothing new for the Warriors, who have now won four matchups by 34 points or more so far this season.
Landon Shuck continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 235 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 13.8 yards per carry, and also picking up 40 receiving yards. He showed off some serious burst, turning on the afterburners on one carry for 60 yards. Nathan Byrd was another key player, throwing for 144 yards and four touchdowns.
Scottsburg wouldn't let Mitchell keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Scottsburg can thank Luke Hamilton and Matthew Wickey for forcing both of them. What's more, Hamilton also racked up 50 rushing yards, the mosthe's had since back in September of 2023.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Scottsburg was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 289 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Mitchell only rushed for 28.
Meanwhile, Eastern was beaten by Salem 37-7 on Friday. The Musketeers were down 31-0 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Scottsburg's victory bumped their record up to 5-2. As for Eastern, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-6.
Scottsburg strolled past Eastern in their previous matchup back in October of 2023 by a score of 19-0. Will Scottsburg repeat their success, or does Eastern have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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