The Martinsville Artesians will square off against the Evansville Reitz Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Martinsville sitting on three straight victories and Evansville Reitz on five.
Martinsville is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They managed a 35-31 win over Greenwood. Given the Artesians' advantage in MaxPreps' Indiana football rankings (they are ranked 33rd, while the Woodmen are ranked 121st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Evansville Reitz humbled Boonville with a 35-6 victory. The Panthers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven matchups by 22 points or more this season.
This one was won in the trenches and the lion's share of the credit has to go to Landon Mcclarney and Elijah Darrett. Mcclarney rushed for 79 yards and three touchdowns while Darrett rushed for 117 yards and a touchdown on only 12 carries.
Evansville Reitz's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 10-2. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 34.3 points per game. As for Martinsville, their win bumped their record up to 11-1.
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