South Bend St. Joseph is 1-8 against New Prairie since November of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The South Bend St. Joseph Huskies will venture away from home to square off against the New Prairie Cougars at 7:30 p.m. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
South Bend St. Joseph took a loss when they played away from home last Friday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Friday. They came out on top against Fort Wayne South Side by a score of 21-9.
Meanwhile, New Prairie put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They breezed by Goshen on the road to the tune of 56-0. The contest was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Cougars had established a 49 point advantage.
New Prairie's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Zak Henrich, who rushed for 103 yards and three touchdowns on only 12 carries, and Reed Robinson, who rushed for 57 yards and a touchdown on only five carries. Keegan Taylor did his part to keep the secondary busy, picking up 91 receiving yards.
The win got South Bend St. Joseph back to even at 1-1. As for New Prairie, they pushed their record up to 3-0 with that victory, which was their third straight on the road.
South Bend St. Joseph couldn't quite finish off New Prairie in their previous meeting back in September of 2023 and fell 29-26. Thankfully for South Bend St. Joseph, Marshall Kmiecik (who rushed for 223 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 13.1 yards per carry) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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