The Mansfield Tigers will head out on the road to face off against the Hackett Hornets at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Mansfield put the finishing touches on their seventh blowout victory of the season on Friday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Cedarville 42-6 at home. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Mansfield.
Meanwhile, Hackett put the finishing touches on their third blowout victory of the season on Friday. They took their game on the road with ease, bagging a 45-8 victory over Greenland. Hackett pushed the score to 31-8 by the end of the third, a deficit Greenland had little chance of recovering from.
Hackett can attribute much of their success to Cole Ketchum, who rushed for 95 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries, and Jeremy Lawyer, who rushed for 153 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 9.6 yards per carry. Ketchum was no stranger to the big play, turning on the jets for a run that went for 58 yards. Wyatt Hester also deserves a shout-out for his two touchdowns.
Mansfield's victory bumped their record up to 7-2. As for Hackett, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 6-3 record this season.
Mansfield was able to grind out a solid victory over Hackett in their previous matchup back in November of 2022, winning 16-6. The rematch might be a little tougher for Mansfield since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
