The New Albany Bulldogs and the Evansville North Huskies will meet in a canine-themed contest at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. New Albany is coming into the contest on a five-game losing streak.
New Albany's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Floyd Central two weeks ago. They had to suffer through a 55-0 loss at the hands of the Highlanders. The game marked the first time this year in which the Bulldogs were not able to get on the board.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Evansville North). They claimed a resounding 35-7 win over Evansville Central. The match was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 35-0.
Jason Rucker Ii went supernova for Evansville North, rushing for 101 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries. Evan Garnett did his part to keep the secondary busy, picking up 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 has been hot , having also posted at least one defended passe the last five times he's played.
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 matchups.
New Albany's loss dropped their record down to 3-6. As for Evansville North, their victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 4-5.
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