The Garden Plain Owls will face off against the Beloit Trojans at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Garden Plain sitting on seven straight victories and Beloit on five.
Garden Plain is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. Their defense stepped up to hand Phillipsburg a 28-0 shutout. Considering the Owls have won seven games by more than 23 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
This one was won in the trenches and the lion's share of the credit has to go to Emrick Hays and Cooper Scheer. Hays rushed for 202 yards and a touchdown while Scheer rushed for 39 yards and two touchdowns.
Garden Plain was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 264 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 195 rushing yards in three consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Beloit humbled Halstead with a 28-0 victory. The result was nothing new for the Trojans, who have now won six contests by 21 points or more so far this season.
Garden Plain's win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 8-2. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 42.5 points per game. As for Beloit, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-2 record this season.
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