The Eastside Blazers will venture away from home to face off against the West Noble Chargers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Eastside's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Adams Central on Saturday. They might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 43-0 to the Flying Jets, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior. The Blazers have struggled against the Flying Jets recently, as their match on Saturday was their fourth consecutive lost matchup.
Meanwhile, West Noble was fully in charge on Saturday, breezing past Wawasee 55-6 on the road. Given the Chargers' advantage in MaxPreps' Indiana football rankings (they are ranked 49th, while the Warriors are ranked 147th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Estil Pruitt had a dynamite game for West Noble, rushing for 164 yards and seven touchdowns while picking up 7.5 yards per carry. The team also got some help courtesy of Fernando Macias, who rushed for 115 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries.
Macias wasn't the only one working in the rushing yards department: West Noble was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 358 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since was before the start of last season.
Eastside now has a losing record at 1-2. As for West Noble, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 2-0.
Eastside suffered a grim 41-17 defeat to West Noble in their previous matchup back in September of 2023. Thankfully for Eastside, Drew Yates (who threw for 134 yards and four touchdowns while completing 84.6% of his passes, and also rushed for 111 yards on only eight carries) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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