The New Haven Bulldogs will head out to challenge the Columbia City Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: New Haven has struggled recently with six losses in a row, while Columbia City will arrive with five straight victories.
Last Friday, New Haven was just a hair shy of victory and fell 25-24 to Norwell.
Meanwhile, you can't lose the game if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Columbia City's strategy against DeKalb on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Columbia City blew DeKalb out of the water with a 60-14 final score. Given the Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' Indiana football rankings (they are ranked 34th, while the Barons are ranked 121st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Landon Fazio was his usual excellent self, rushing for 123 yards and two touchdowns on only ten carries, while also picking up 33 receiving yards.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Columbia City was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 412 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.
New Haven's defeat dropped their record down to 0-5. As for Columbia City, their win bumped their record up to 5-0.
New Haven strolled past Columbia City in their previous meeting back in September of 2023 by a score of 21-7. The rematch might be a little tougher for New Haven since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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