Tonight’s matchup:
Columbus North at Center Grove
Game time
7 p.m.
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Season’s records
Columbus North 8-1, Center Grove 6-3
Last week
Both teams were idle.
Last year’s meeting
Center Grove won 20-14.
Coaches
Tim Bless is 142-91 in his 21st year, including 130-82 in his 19th year at Columbus North. Eric Moore is 233-70 in his 24th year, including 185-65 in his 20th year at Center Grove.
Key players
Columbus North QB Trenton Kelley, RB Blake Huffman, WR Preston Terrell, TE/DE Mitchel Collier, C Noah Algee, LB Tay Wells, S Riley Ables, S Jalen Paswater; Center Grove QB Jackson Moore, RB Carson Steele, RB Charlie Ogega, TE Cam Petty, DL Brian Gaffney, DL Lucas Hunter, K Luke Eckert.
What to watch for
The Class 6A No. 6 Bull Dogs will try to knock off their longtime nemesis when they visit the 6A No. 7 Trojans. Center Grove has knocked North out of the sectional each of the past four years and six of the past seven years. The Bull Dogs’ last win against the Trojans came in a 23-7 win in 2007, the last time North won a sectional. Center Grove opened this season with losses to 6A No. 1 Warren Central (27-15) and at 5A No. 1 New Palestine (31-9), but its only loss since then is a 26-14 defeat at 6A No. 4 North Central in Week 5. In the Bull Dogs win, they would host Franklin Central or Jeffersonville in next week’s sectional final.
Prediction
Columbus North 31, Center Grove 28
Tonight’s other matchup
Hagerstown at Edinburgh, 7:30 p.m.
