Carmel (Ind.) at Warren Central (Indianapolis)
Tirone Young, Warren Central
Photo by Jason Goode
The winner of Friday's game will be assured of at least a co-championship in the Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference and will remain unbeaten entering the final week of the regular season. Carmel (7-0) might have played its best game of the year in last week's 37-14 blowout of once nationally ranked Ben Davis (Indianapolis). The Greyhounds outgained Ben Davis 463-61 on the ground with senior
Isaac James – rated a three-star prospect by 247Sports – leading the way with 140 yards on just 12 carries,
according to the Indianapolis Star. Warren Central also improved to 7-0 with a one-sided win last week. The Warriors thumped Lawrence North (Indianapolis), 31-7, to extend their winning streak over the Wildcats to 11 games.
Sign up for Qwixcore, and provide live scoring updates from this gameJust the facts: Carmel has won or shared the MIC championship four times since 2000. Its last title was in 2012. Warren Central has seven crowns since 2001, with the last coming in 2011. … This will be the 16th game in this series in the past 11 seasons. The teams have split their last four meetings, but Warren Central has a 9-6 edge since 2004.
Mitch Stephens: Carmel 28, Western Central 17
Kevin Askeland: Carmel 30, Warren Central 28
Jamie DeMoney: Carmel 24, Warren Central 16
Stephen Spiewak: Warren Central 21, Carmel 20
Leland Gordon: Carmel 33, Warren Central 28
Colin Ward-Henninger: Carmel 17, Warren Central 14
