Evansville Central and Castle are an even 5-5 against one another since September of 2014, but not for long. The Evansville Central Bears are taking a road trip to square off against the Castle Knights at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Evansville Central has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with five straight defeats, while Castle will come in with five straight wins.
Evansville Central is headed into the match out to prove that what happened against Evansville Harrison on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Evansville Central was outmatched by Evansville Harrison on the road and fell 48-6. The Bears were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 34-6.
Meanwhile, Castle was not the first on the board last Friday, but they got there more often. In a tight contest that could have gone either way, they made off with a 14-13 victory over Jasper. The score was all tied up 7-7 at the break, but the Knights were the better team in the second half.
Max Mccool continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 147 yards and a touchdown. His rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his sixth straight game with at least 117 rushing yards dating back to last season.
Evansville Central's loss dropped their record down to 1-6. As for Castle, they pushed their record up to 6-1 with the win, which was their third straight at home.
Evansville Central was taken down by Castle 56-0 in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. Thankfully for Evansville Central, Antonio Harris (who rushed for 100 yards and four touchdowns on only 12 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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