After each having a week off, the Hamilton Southeastern Royals and the Homestead Spartans will shake off the cobwebs and challenge one another at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Hamilton Southeastern is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 28.7 points per game this season.
Hamilton Southeastern is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Indiana's top teams: Brownsburg, who was ranked first in their home state at the time (Hamilton Southeastern was ranked eighth). Hamilton Southeastern came out on top against Brownsburg by a score of 30-23 last Friday.
Special teams was a major factor in the game for Hamilton Southeastern, racking up 18 points in total. All those points came courtesy of Hugo Belmonte: he added nine points with three field goals, and another three kicking extra points.
Hamilton Southeastern didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Kian Kelly and Michael Hoog.
Meanwhile, Homestead and Fort Wayne Bishop Luers met for a duel last Friday where Homestead came out on top. Homestead walked away with a 25-14 win over Fort Wayne Bishop Luers. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Spartans.
One reason for the win was Homestead's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for 3.5 sacks. Sam Steward was especially locked on to Fort Wayne Bishop Luers' QB and sacked him 2.5 times. Another thorn in Fort Wayne Bishop Luers' side was Anthony Fields Jr, who made 14 total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Hamilton Southeastern has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 6-3 record this season. As for Homestead, they now have a winning record of 5-4.
Everything came up roses for Hamilton Southeastern against Homestead in their previous meeting back in October of 2022, as the team secured a 35-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Hamilton Southeastern since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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