After each having a week off, the Anderson Indians and the Plainfield Quakers will dust off their jerseys to take on one another at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Anderson has struggled recently with 13 defeats in a row, while Plainfield will arrive with three straight wins.
Anderson is headed into the contest out to prove that what happened against Marion two weeks ago (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Anderson was dealt a 64-24 loss at the hands of Marion. While losing is never fun, the Indians can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana football rankings (they are ranked 250th, while the Giants are ranked 122nd).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Plainfield). They walked away with a 50-37 victory over Martinsville last Friday. The Quakers pushed the score to 43-23 by the end of the third, a deficit the Artesians cut but never quite recovered from.
It was another big night for Luke Starnes, who rushed for 162 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 7.7 yards per carry. Starnes is crushing it when it comes to rushing yards: he's rushed for at least 111 every time he's taken the field this season. Westyn Weyrich was another key back, rushing for 72 yards and three touchdowns.
Plainfield was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 274 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 204 rushing yards in nine consecutive games.
Anderson's defeat dropped their record down to 0-9. As for Plainfield, their win was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 8-1.
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