The Delta Eagles will challenge the Heritage Patriots at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Delta's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against New Palestine on Friday. They took a blow against the Dragons, falling 38-0. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana football rankings (they are ranked 134th, while the Dragons are ranked 18th).
Meanwhile, Heritage had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 38.3 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Friday. They were the clear victor by a 35-13 margin over the Patriots. Considering Heritage has won six matchups by more than 20 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Lucas Weber continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 208 yards on only 14 carries. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Eli Tigulis, who threw for 194 yards and two touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes.
Delta has been struggling recently as they've lost five of their last six games, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-5 record this season. As for Heritage, their victory bumped their record up to 8-1.
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