Central Hardin is 3-0 against Daviess County since November of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Central Hardin Bruins will be playing at home against the Daviess County Panthers at 8:00 p.m. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Central Hardin had no problem doing just that on Friday. They breezed by Christian County at home to the tune of 60-0. Considering Central Hardin has won four games by more than 19 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Meanwhile, Daviess County had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 17 points), and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They had just enough and edged North Hardin out 24-21.
The critical scores for Daviess County came from Russ Crowe and Jackson Lee.
One reason for the win was Daviess County's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for three sacks. Gillam Nicodemus was particularly dangerous to the passing game, picking up two sacks himself.
Central Hardin's victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 6-5. As for Daviess County, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a massive bump to their 5-6 record this season.
Central Hardin strolled past Daviess County when the teams last played back in November of 2022 by a score of 17-3. Will Central Hardin repeat their success, or does Daviess County have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
