The Homestead Spartans will square off against the Carroll Chargers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Homestead's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Fort Wayne Snider on Friday. They were beaten by the Panthers 35-0. The Spartans' defeat signaled the end of their three-game winning streak.
Meanwhile, Carroll came tearing into Friday's matchup with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 33.7 points) and they left with even more momentum. In a tight game that could have gone either way, they made off with a 17-16 victory over the Generals. Given the Chargers' advantage in MaxPreps' Indiana football rankings (they are ranked 14th, while the Generals are ranked 88th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Carroll to victory, but perhaps none more so than Nate Starks, who rushed for 175 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave Starks a new career-high in rushing yards. Jimmy Sullivan was another key player, rushing for 107 yards.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Carroll was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 294 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last three matches they've averaged 239.3.
Carroll wouldn't let Fort Wayne Wayne keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Coleman Tipton was the leader in that area as all came courtesy of his dominant performance. He also set a new season high mark in total tackles with 16.
Homestead's loss dropped their record down to 3-3. As for Carroll, their win bumped their record up to 4-2.
Homestead suffered a grim 41-20 defeat to Carroll when the teams last played back in September of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Sullivan, who rushed for 200 yards and a touchdown while picking up 9.5 yards per carry, and also threw for 235 yards and a touchdown. Now that Homestead knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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