Columbus East is 10-0 against Jeffersonville since October of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Columbus East Olympians will host the Jeffersonville Red Devils at 7:00 p.m. Columbus East is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 29.2 points per game this season.
Columbus East is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Bloomington North just ended the team's four-game winning streak on Friday. They fell 28-20 to the Cougars. The match was a 7-7 toss-up at halftime, but the Olympians couldn't quite close it out.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Kyson Villarreal and Dash King. King had a great game and rushed for 64 yards and three touchdowns. Meanwhile, Villarreal was balling out in the loss, throwing for 163 yards and two touchdowns on only 15 passes, while also rushing for 85 yards on only 12 carries.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Jeffersonville). They took down New Albany 40-22 on Friday. The win almost wasn't to be: the Red Devils were down 14-0 in the second quarter.
Cam Hollaway was nothing short of spectacular: he picked up 100 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
Jeffersonville didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Kilion Underwood and Montreal Monts.
Columbus East's loss dropped their record down to 4-3. As for Jeffersonville, they pushed their record up to 5-2 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home.
Columbus East strolled past Jeffersonville in their previous matchup back in October of 2023 by a score of 25-7. Does Columbus East have another victory up their sleeve, or will Jeffersonville turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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