Heritage has gone 7-1 against Southern Wells recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Heritage Patriots and the Southern Wells Raiders are set to duel. Heritage is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 30.9 points per game this season.
Heritage is headed into the game after thoroughly thrashing Bluffton: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Heritage blew Bluffton out of the water with a 51-20 final score. The result was nothing new for the Patriots, who have now won four matches by 21 points or more so far this season.
Lucas Weber was his usual excellent self, rushing for 120 yards and two touchdowns on only six carries, while also picking up 44 receiving yards and a touchdown. His longest rush was for an impressive 65 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. Another player making a difference was Eli Tigulis, who threw for 154 yards and three touchdowns while completing 85.7% of his passes.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Heritage was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 386 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 184 rushing yards in seven consecutive matchups.
Heritage didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Max Mirelez, Weber, and Gery Gerber picked up one apiece.
Meanwhile, Southern Wells was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their 16th straight defeat dating back to last season. They were beaten by Adams Central 55-0. While losing is never fun, the Raiders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana football rankings (they are ranked 308th, while the Flying Jets are ranked 63rd).
Heritage pushed their record up to 6-1 with the win, which was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Southern Wells, their loss dropped their record down to 0-7.
Friday's contest might be decided in the trenches. Heritage has been unstoppable on the ground this season, having averaged 248.1 rushing yards per game. It's a different story for Southern Wells, though, as they've been averaging only 43.3. How will they fare against such a dominant running game?
Everything came up roses for Heritage against Southern Wells in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, as the team secured a 61-7 victory. In that game, Heritage amassed a halftime lead of 40-7, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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