Evansville North is on a five-game streak of home losses, New Albany a three-game streak of away losses, but someone's luck is about to change on Friday. After each having a week off, both will shake off the cobwebs and face off against one another at 7:00 p.m. Evansville North will be strutting in after a victory while New Albany will be coming in after a defeat.
Evansville North is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed by Evansville Central to the tune of 35-7 last Friday. The Huskies' offense checked out after the first half but had enough points banked to take the game anyway.
Jason Rucker Ii went supernova for Evansville North, rushing for 101 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries. Evan Garnett also helped out with an impressive 81 receiving yards.
Evansville North didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Aman Kincaid and Matthew Pegram. Kincaid also defended three defended passes, which is notable because Evansville North is 4-2 when he posts at least three defended passes, but 0-3 otherwise.
Evansville North was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 215 rushing yards. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their rushing yard total in three consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, New Albany fell victim to Floyd Central and their airtight defense two weeks ago. They were dealt a 55-0 loss at the hands of the Highlanders. The match marked the first time this season in which the Bulldogs were not able to get on the board.
Evansville North's win bumped their record up to 4-5. As for New Albany, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-6.
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