The Princeville Princes will square off against the Heyworth Hornets at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. The two teams are strolling into their contests after big wins in their previous games.
On Friday, Princeville took their matchup with ease, bagging a 47-8 win over Monmouth United. The Princes pushed the score to 47-0 by the end of the third, a deficit the Red Storm cut but never quite recovered from.
Princeville's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Kaiden Sarnes, who threw for 133 yards and two TDs on only 11 passes, and also rushed for 42 yards and one touchdown. Another rusher making a difference was Noah Geiger, who rushed for 79 yards and one score on only eight carries.
Wins are hard to come by when you can't run the rock, something Princeville proved: they limited Monmouth United to a paltry 1.6 yards per carry. The Princes didn't have any issues in that department, having averaged 9.6.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Heyworth). They blew past Central A & M 59-10 on Friday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.
Princeville is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games. That's provided a nice bump to their 7-2 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 12.3 points on average over those games. As for Heyworth, their record is now 7-2.
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