After each having a week off, the Franklin Community Grizzly Cubs and the Columbus East Olympians will dust off their jerseys to face off against one another at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Franklin Community is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 41 points on October 11th, they were much more limited against Decatur Central last Friday. They had to suffer through a 35-3 loss at the hands of the Hawks. The Grizzly Cubs were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 28-3.
Franklin Community might have lost, but man, Alex Leugers was a machine: he rushed for 162 yards while picking up 7.7 yards per carry. Leugers' longest rush was for an incredible 86 yards.
Meanwhile, you can't lose the matchup if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Columbus East's strategy against Bedford North Lawrence last Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Columbus East blew Bedford North Lawrence out of the water with a 44-7 final score. The match was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 28-7.
A big part of Columbus East's win came down to the chemistry between Kyson Villarreal and his top target Keaton Lawson. Villarreal threw for 219 yards and three touchdowns while completing 73.7% of his passes while Lawson gained 187 total yards and two touchdowns. Columbus East also got a significant boost from Thomas Houpey, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 104 yards.
Franklin Community dropped their record down to 3-6 with the loss, which was their fourth straight at home. As for Columbus East, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 6-3.
Franklin Community was taken down by Columbus East 56-28 in their previous matchup back in October of 2015. Thankfully for Franklin Community, Steven O'Neal (who rushed for 336 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 19.8 yards per carry) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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