On Friday Lawrenceburg will have to hit the road after three straight games at home. They will venture away from home to challenge the Franklin County Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. Lawrenceburg will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more points each contest than the last.
Lawrenceburg is headed into the matchup after thoroughly thrashing Greensburg: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Lawrenceburg blew Greensburg out of the water with a 70-3 final score. The game marked the Tigers' most dominant victory of the season so far.
The critical scores for Lawrenceburg came from Mason Manford, Landon Cornett, and Ryan Richard.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Lawrenceburg was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 265 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Franklin County was beaten by East Central 49-13 on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana football rankings (they are ranked 128th, while the Trojans are ranked 22nd).
The losing side was boosted by Quinn Gillman, who rushed for seven yards and two touchdowns, and also threw for 283 yards on 22 of 45 attempts. He also deserves a shoutout for his performance on D, forcing a fumble and making ten total tackles.
Franklin County wouldn't let East Central keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Franklin County can thank Kaden Welch and Gillman for forcing both of them.
Lawrenceburg's win was their fourth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 3-1. As for Franklin County, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 2-2.
Friday's match might be decided in the trenches. Lawrenceburg has been excellent on the ground this season, having averaged 174.8 rushing yards per game. However, it's not like Franklin County struggles in that department as they've been averaging 177.5. It's looking like Friday's contest might have some serious battles in the trenches.
Everything came up roses for Lawrenceburg against Franklin County in their previous meeting back in September of 2023 as the squad secured a 42-7 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Lawrenceburg since the team 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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