Highland is on a nine-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while Triad is on a six-game streak of away wins (also dating back to last season): one of those streaks is about to end. The Highland Bulldogs will welcome the Triad Knights at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Highland is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Civic Memorial, posting a 63-0 win at home. Given the Bulldogs' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois football rankings (they are ranked 118th, while the Eagles are ranked 372nd), the result on Friday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Triad strolled past Mascoutah with points to spare on Friday, taking the game 37-22.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Isaac Ackerman and Baruk Jonsson. Ackerman had a great game and rushed for 133 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.8 yards per carry. Meanwhile, Jonsson was balling out in the loss, rushing for 88 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 carries, while also throwing for 184 yards and a touchdown.
Triad wouldn't let Mascoutah keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Triad can thank Owen Lightner and Ian Dempsey for forcing both of them. Lightner also set a new season high mark in total tackles with 17.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Triad was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 204 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 151 rushing yards in three consecutive games.
The victory got Highland back to even at 3-3. As for Triad, their win bumped their record up to 6-0.
Everything came up roses for Highland against Triad in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, as the squad secured a 36-7 victory. In that match, Highland amassed a halftime lead of 33-7, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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