New Albany is 1-9 against Columbus East since September of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The New Albany Bulldogs will welcome the Columbus East Olympians at 7:00 p.m. New Albany is coming into the game hot, having won their last three games.
Last Friday, New Albany was able to grind out a solid win over Bedford North Lawrence, taking the game 22-12.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Columbus East). They claimed a resounding 62-7 victory over Jennings County at home. The match was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 42-0.
Columbus East can attribute much of their success to Kyson Villarreal, who threw for 111 yards and three touchdowns on only ten passes, and also rushed for 37 yards. James Scruggs was another key player, rushing for 51 yards and a touchdown.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Columbus East was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 232 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.
Columbus East's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged three passes before it was all said and done. It was truly a group effort as Keaton Lawson, Robert Young, and Zach Foster picked up one apiece.
New Albany's win bumped their record up to 3-1. As for Columbus East, the victory also got them back to even at 2-2.
New Albany was dealt a bruising 42-13 defeat at the hands of Columbus East in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. Thankfully for New Albany, Tyler Jeffery Weller (who rushed for 144 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 7.6 yards per carry) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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