Gibson Southern has gone 6-0 against Boonville recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Gibson Southern Titans will face off against the Boonville Pioneers at 7:30 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Last Friday, everything came up roses for Gibson Southern at home against Mt. Vernon as the squad secured a 62-26 victory. Given the Titans' advantage in MaxPreps' Indiana football rankings (they are ranked 46th, while the Wildcats are ranked 134th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Boonville didn't have too much trouble with Washington on the road on Friday as they won 35-18. The Pioneers pushed the score to 35-10 by the end of the third, a deficit the Hatchets cut but never quite recovered from.
Boonville got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Tyler Rinehart out in front who rushed for 93 yards and two touchdowns on only ten carries. The team also got some help courtesy of Nolan Mckinney, who rushed for 119 yards and a touchdown.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Boonville was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 265 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Washington only rushed for 127.
The victory made it two in a row for Gibson Southern and bumps their season record up to 6-2. As for Boonville, the win got them back to even at 4-4.
Everything came up roses for Gibson Southern against Boonville in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, as the team secured a 35-8 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Gibson Southern 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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