Highland Park is on a three-game streak of home wins, while Washington is on a four-game streak of away wins (dating back to last season): one of those streaks is about to end. The Highland Park Scots will host the Washington Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Highland Park is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 38.7 points per game this season.
Highland Park's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They blew past East 70-0 at home. Considering the Scots have won five matches by more than 31 points this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Highland Park got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Jamon Wilson out in front who rushed for 120 yards and three touchdowns. The dominant performance gave Wilson a new career-high in rushing yards. Another back making a difference was G?Honi Montgomery, who gained 127 total yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Highland Park was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 300 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Highland Park didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Wilson and Chris Brown.
Meanwhile, Washington didn't have too much trouble with Schlagle at home on Friday as they won 20-6.
Highland Park's victory bumped their record up to 5-2. As for Washington, their win bumped their record up to 6-1.
Highland Park came up short against Washington when the teams last played back in October of 2023, falling 28-20. Can Highland Park avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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