Two dominant backs in Luke Karras and Lucca Giannavola are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Casey-Westfield Warriors will face off against the Marshall Lions at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Casey-Westfield has five straight wins, Marshall has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Casey-Westfield's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Saturday. They claimed a resounding 33-0 victory over Lawrenceville at home. Given the Warriors' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois football rankings (they are ranked 186th, while the Indians are ranked 426th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Karras continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 113 yards and two touchdowns. Will Moore also helped out with an impressive 108 receiving yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Casey-Westfield was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 210 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Casey-Westfield's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Ryan Richards and Jackson Maulding.
Meanwhile, while it was all tied up 0-0 at halftime, Marshall was not quite Robinson's equal in the second half on Saturday. They fell just short of the Maroons by a score of 15-12.
Casey-Westfield's win was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 5-0. As for Marshall, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-4.
Everything came up roses for Casey-Westfield against Marshall when the teams last played back in September of 2023, as the team secured a 55-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Casey-Westfield since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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