The Centennial Chargers will challenge the Peoria Notre Dame Irish at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Peoria Notre Dame is hoping to do what Danville couldn't on Friday: put an end to Centennial's winning streak, which now stands at three games. Centennial came out on top against Danville by a score of 34-24.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Peoria Notre Dame). They really took it to Richwoods for the full four quarters, racking up a 65-14 win on the road. The match was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 37-14.
Jack Hanley was his usual excellent self, rushing for 228 yards and three touchdowns on only 13 carries. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 129.2 rushing yards per game.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Peoria Notre Dame was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 402 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 302 rushing yards in four consecutive contests.
Peoria Notre Dame'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 Ben Mullens and John Couri.
Centennial's victory bumped their record up to 3-1. As for Peoria Notre Dame, the win got them back to even at 2-2.
Everything went Centennial's way against Peoria Notre Dame in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, as Centennial made off with a 40-20 victory. Will Centennial repeat their success, or does Peoria Notre Dame have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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