Huntington North is 0-10 against East Noble since September of 2015 but things could change on Friday. The Huntington North Vikings will head out to take on the East Noble Knights at 7:00 p.m. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Huntington North sitting on five straight wins and East Noble on ten.
Huntington North is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Lebanon 31-28.
Meanwhile, East Noble got themselves on the board against Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger on Friday, but Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger never followed suit. They claimed a resounding 38-0 win over the Saints. Considering the Knights have won nine games by more than 20 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
East Noble's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Rylee Biddle, who threw for 109 yards and two touchdowns, and Dylan Krehl, who rushed for 121 yards and a touchdown. Krehl's rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his third straight game with at least 121 rushing yards.
East Noble was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 292 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 192 rushing yards in eight consecutive matchups.
East Noble didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Alex Scott and Kobe Ritchie.
Huntington North has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 9-3 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 44.6 points per game. As for East Noble, their victory was their sixth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 11-1.
Huntington North came up short against East Noble in their previous matchup back in September, falling 28-16. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Krehl, who rushed for 215 yards and a touchdown while picking up 12.6 yards per carry. Now that Huntington North knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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