Evansville Mater Dei is 9-1 against Evansville Harrison since September of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Evansville Mater Dei Wildcats will be playing in front of their home fans against the Evansville Harrison Warriors at 6:30 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Evansville Mater Dei is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They claimed a resounding 49-0 victory over Evansville Bosse at home. The Wildcats might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four matchups by 20 points or more this season.
Meanwhile, Evansville Harrison came into Friday's contest having lost ten straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. They took their match at home on Friday with ease, bagging a 48-6 win over Evansville Central. The Warriors' offense finally found a way to get into gear: the high-octane performance was a 180-degree turn from their last five games.
Jalen Sutton had a dynamite game for Evansville Harrison, rushing for 191 yards and three touchdowns on only 11 carries. Sutton really tore up the turf during one magnificent 84-yard run. The team also got some help courtesy of Anthony Bavone, who rushed for 61 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Evansville Harrison was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 346 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 85 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last four games they've averaged 154.
Evansville Harrison didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Sutton and Jamill Farmer. The dominant performance gave Sutton a new career-high in rushing yards.
The victory was the third in a row for Evansville Mater Dei, bringing their record for this year to 6-1. As for Evansville Harrison, their win (their first of the season) made their record 1-7.
Everything went Evansville Mater Dei's way against Evansville Harrison in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, as Evansville Mater Dei made off with a 43-20 victory. Will Evansville Mater Dei repeat their success, or does Evansville Harrison have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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