The Girard Indians will play host again on Friday to welcome the Edison Wildcats, where kickoff is scheduled at 7:00 p.m. Girard is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 27.9 points per game this season.
Last Friday, Girard was fully in charge, breezing past McKinley 42-8. The Indians might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four matchups by 31 points or more this season.
One reason for the win was Girard's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for seven sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Allen Hess-Cardona and Michael Kohut, who racked up five sacks between them. Hess-Cardona also sacked three sacks, which is notable because Girard is 4-1 when he posts at least one sack, but 2-3 otherwise. Girard got some further help from Gaven Hanson: he made 11 total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, Edison came up short against Indian Creek on Friday and fell 20-13. The match marked the Wildcats' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
Girard's win bumped their record up to 6-4. As for Edison, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 7-3.
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