Crawfordsville hasn't had much luck against Tri-West Hendricks recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Crawfordsville Athenians will be playing in front of their home fans against the Tri-West Hendricks Bruins at 7:00 p.m.
Crawfordsville is headed into Friday's contest looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their fifth straight game on Friday. They were outmatched by Lebanon at home and fell 56-7. While losing is never fun, the Athenians can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana football rankings (they are ranked 241st, while the Tigers are ranked 100th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Tri-West Hendricks). They took their game at home on Friday with ease, bagging a 70-0 victory over North Montgomery. The Bruins might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three matches by 36 points or more this season.
Tri-West Hendricks had a senior duo take command as Malachi Walden threw for 95 yards and three touchdowns on perfect 7-for-7 passing and Derek Reid rushed for 92 yards and two touchdowns on only seven carries. Tri-West Hendricks is undefeated when Reid posts two or more rushing touchdowns, but 0-4 otherwise. Carter Cummings was in the mix too, providing Tri-West Hendricks with two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Tri-West Hendricks was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 235 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in November of 2023.
Tri-West Hendricks didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. In fact, those interceptions all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Mathias Walden.
Crawfordsville's loss dropped their record down to 2-5. As for Tri-West Hendricks, the win snapped their losing streak at three games and leaves them with a 3-4 record.
Crawfordsville was taken down by Tri-West Hendricks 41-0 in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. Will Crawfordsville have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other football content.
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