Knightstown hasn't had much luck against Eastern Hancock recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Knightstown Panthers will host the Eastern Hancock Royals at 7:00 p.m. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Eastern Hancock is hoping to do what Union City couldn't on Friday: put an end to Knightstown's winning streak, which now stands at four games. Knightstown took down Union City 46-32. While the Panthers didn't have the best season last year (they finished 3-7), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Knightstown to victory, but perhaps none more so than Jameson Crawford, who rushed for 148 yards and three touchdowns. Crawford's rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his fifth straight game with at least 110 rushing yards dating back to last season. Another signal caller making a difference was Bryor Carmichael, who threw for 331 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 11.4 yards per attempt.
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 63-33, which was the final score in Eastern Hancock's tilt against Heritage Christian on Friday. The Royals haven't had much luck with the Eagles recently, as the team's come up short the last eight times they've met.
Eastern Hancock might have lost, but man, Elijah Edon was a machine: he threw for 338 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 10.6 yards per attempt, and also rushed for 40 yards and a touchdown. Garrett Shaw was another key player, picking up 94 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Knightstown's victory bumped their record up to 4-0. As for Eastern Hancock, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-2.
The upcoming match will be a clash of competing strengths. Knightstown has relied on air attacks this season and has averaged 282.3 passing yards per game. Eastern Hancock, on the other hand, has relied on a stout run game: they average 188.5 rushing yards per game. So which strategy will prevail on Friday? There's only one way to find out.
Knightstown was dealt a bruising 45-13 loss at the hands of Eastern Hancock in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Edon, who rushed for 51 yards and a touchdown, and also threw for 86 yards and two touchdowns while completing 80% of his passes. Now that Knightstown knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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