Oak Hill is 2-8 against Mississinewa since October of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Oak Hill Golden Eagles will take on the Mississinewa Indians at 7:00 p.m. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Oak Hill comes in on three and Mississinewa on nine.
Oak Hill will bounce into Friday's contest after beating Eastbrook, who they had gone 2-7 against in their nine prior meetings. Oak Hill snuck past Eastbrook with a 20-14 win on Friday. The score was all tied up 14-14 at the break, but the Golden Eagles were the (much) better team in the second half.
The critical scores for Oak Hill came from Jett Ott and Isaac Mitchener.
Oak Hill was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 226 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 226 rushing yards in three consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, even if it wasn't a dominant performance, Mississinewa beat Madison-Grant 26-22 on Friday. The 26-point effort marked the Indians' lowest-scoring game of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Ah'Lijah Monday continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 149 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 8.3 yards per carry. He is on a roll when it comes to rushing touchdowns, as he's now punched in two or more in the last three games he's played dating back to last season.
Mississinewa didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Logan McVicker and Kallen Quaderer.
Oak Hill has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 6-3 record this season. As for Mississinewa, their victory was their 11th straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 9-0.
Friday's contest might be decided in the on the ground. Oak Hill has been unstoppable on the ground this season, having averaged 238.6 rushing yards per game. However, it's not like Mississinewa struggles in that department as they've been averaging 194. It's looking like Friday's matchup might have some serious battles in the trenches.
Oak Hill was taken down by Mississinewa 35-0 when the teams last played back in September. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Monday, who rushed for 106 yards and five touchdowns, and also picked up 61 receiving yards. Now that Oak Hill knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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