With a playoff game on the line, Hamilton Southeastern rose to the challenge on Friday. They secured a 20-14 W over the Homestead Spartans. Given the Royals' advantage in MaxPreps' Indiana football rankings (they are ranked eighth, while the Spartans are ranked 48th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Hamilton Southeastern to victory, but perhaps none more so than Brennan Baker, who rushed for 138 yards on only 13 carries. The dominant performance gave Baker a new career-high in rushing yards. Azariah Wallace also helped out as he racked up 126 rushing yards.
Hamilton Southeastern was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 344 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
When it comes to explaining why Homestead lost, don't look at Michael White. Despite the final result, he threw for 191 yards and two touchdowns, and also rushed for 30 yards. Kail Swager was in the mix too, providing Homestead with two touchdowns.
The win made it two in a row for Hamilton Southeastern and bumps their season record up to 7-3. As for Homestead, their loss dropped their record down to 5-5.
Hamilton Southeastern will host Fishers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Hamilton Southeastern is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 27.6 points per game this season. Homestead does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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