Greenfield-Central is 0-10 against New Palestine since September of 2016 but things could change on Friday. The Greenfield-Central Cougars will head out on the road to challenge the New Palestine Dragons at 7:00 p.m. Both teams are still undefeated (Greenfield-Central has five wins , while New Palestine has three).
Last Friday, Greenfield-Central took their contest on the road with ease, bagging a 49-6 victory over Shelbyville. With the Cougars ahead 35-6 at the half, the game was all but over already.
It was another big night for Dallas Freeman, who threw for 283 yards and four touchdowns while completing 73.9% of his passes, and also rushed for 35 yards and two touchdowns.
Meanwhile, New Palestine won against Mt. Vernon last Friday with 56 points and they decided to stick to that point total again on Friday. New Palestine blew past Pendleton Heights, posting a 56-17 win on the road. Given the Dragons' advantage in MaxPreps' Indiana football rankings (they are ranked 24th, while the Arabians are ranked 101st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Josh Ranes continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 268 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 11.7 yards per carry. He really tore up the turf during one magnificent 75-yard run. Gavin Neal also helped out as he racked up 108 rushing yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, New Palestine was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 473 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
New Palestine's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Connor Jacobia and Caden Jacobia. New Palestine got some further help from Michael Thacker: he picked up a sack and made seven total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Greenfield-Central pushed their record up to 5-0 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road. As for New Palestine, their record now sits at 4-0-1.
Greenfield-Central took a serious blow against New Palestine in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, falling 35-0. Can Greenfield-Central avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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