Batesville hasn't had much luck against East Central recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Batesville Bulldogs will venture away from home to challenge the East Central Trojans at 7:30 p.m. Batesville is looking to tack on another W to their nine-game streak on the road dating back to last season.
Batesville is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They claimed a resounding 55-20 victory over Rushville on the road. The Bulldogs pushed the score to 49-20 by the end of the third, a deficit the Lions had little chance of recovering from.
A big part of the win came down to the chemistry between Will Jaisle and his top target Damien Dance. Jaisle threw for 362 yards and six touchdowns on only 18 passes while Dance picked up 270 receiving yards and three touchdowns. With that strong performance, Dance is now averaging an impressive 142.2 receiving yards per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Carson Hartley, who gained 84 total yards and two touchdowns.
Batesville's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Alex Krekeler and Christian Stenger.
Meanwhile, East Central was fully in charge on Friday, breezing past Franklin County 49-13 at home. Given the Trojans' advantage in MaxPreps' Indiana football rankings (they are ranked 22nd, while the Wildcats are ranked 128th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
East Central found their leader in underclassman Ryan Minges, who rushed for 262 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 8.5 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave Minges a new career-high in rushing yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, East Central was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 303 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Batesville's record is now 4-0. As for East Central, the victory also got them back to even at 2-2.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Friday's game: Batesville has been on an offensive roll this season, having averaged 369.8 total yards per game. It's a different story for East Central, though, as they've been averaging only 235. Will Batesville be able to march up the field at their leisure again, or will East Central flip the script?
Batesville was taken down by East Central 42-0 in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. Can Batesville avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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