The Heritage Patriots will face off against the Jay County Patriots at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Heritage has three straight victories, Jay County has five straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Heritage is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed by Southern Wells at home to the tune of 70-0 on Friday. The Patriots might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five games by 21 points or more this season.
Eli Tigulis was his usual excellent self, throwing for 150 yards and five touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes. Lucas Weber helped Tigulis out on the ground, rushing for 76 yards and a touchdown.
They were just one part of a punishing run game: Heritage was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 237 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 184 rushing yards in eight consecutive matchups.
Heritage didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off four passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Weber and Dominic Ferguson.
Meanwhile, Jay County didn't have quite enough to beat Lapel on Friday and fell 14-12.
Heritage's win bumped their record up to 7-1. As for Jay County, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-6.
Heritage took their victory against Jay County when the teams last played back in October of 2023 by a conclusive 28-6. Does Heritage have another victory up their sleeve, or will Jay County turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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