The Andrean Fighting 59ers will head out to square off against the Hobart Brickies at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Andrean's defense has only allowed 15.5 points per game this season, so Hobart's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Andrean's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They breezed by Munster at home to the tune of 28-0. The match was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Fighting 59ers had established a 21 point advantage.
Brady Elish was nothing short of spectacular: he threw for 147 yards and two touchdowns, and also rushed for 75 yards on only six carries.
Andrean's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. In fact, those interceptions all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut James Finley.
Meanwhile, you can't lose the contest if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Hobart's strategy against Kankakee Valley on Friday. Hobart enjoyed a cozy 41-23 win over Kankakee Valley. The Brickies' offense stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most points they've scored all season.
Max Pickett and Aleks Tatum were among the main playmakers for Hobart as the former rushed for 202 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 8.1 yards per carry and the latter rushed for 51 yards and two touchdowns. Pickett was no stranger to the big play, taking off on a dash that went for 65 yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Hobart was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 278 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Hobart's defense and their three sacks. In that department, Andres Castillo was the leader with two.
The victory made it two in a row for Andrean and bumps their season record up to 2-2. As for Hobart, the win also got them back to even at 2-2.
Andrean couldn't quite finish off Hobart in their previous matchup back in September of 2023 and fell 27-24. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Hobart's Willy Shearer, who rushed for 207 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 10.4 yards per carry. Now that Andrean 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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