The Oak Hill Golden Eagles will head out to take on the Mississinewa Indians at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Oak Hill's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They claimed a resounding 35-0 win over Southwood on the road. The matchup was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Golden Eagles had established a 29 point advantage.
Oak Hill found their leader in underclassman Dylan Archer, who rushed for 140 yards and three touchdowns. With that strong performance, Archer is now averaging an impressive 110 rushing yards per game. Oak Hill also got a significant boost from Lance Wyrick, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 97 yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Oak Hill was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 315 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Southwood only rushed for 12.
Meanwhile, Mississinewa won against Norwell last Friday with 35 points and they decided to stick to that point total again on Friday. Mississinewa blew past Marion, posting a 35-0 victory on the road. That's two games straight that the Indians have won by exactly 35 points.
Ah'Lijah Monday went supernova for Mississinewa, rushing for 104 yards and three touchdowns. Kallen Quaderer was another key player, picking up 86 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
The win made it two in a row for Oak Hill and bumps their season record up to 2-0. As for Mississinewa, they pushed their record up to 2-0 with that victory, which was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season.
Oak Hill came up short against Mississinewa in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, falling 16-9. Can Oak Hill avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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