Week 7 Football Preview: Homecoming with MP awaits Indians
By
Stephen Forsha-sforsha@gmail.com
Both the Hillsboro Indians and the Madison-Plains Eagles are currently on multiple-game losing streaks, but in Week 7, one of those streaks will end.
The Indians are set to host the Golden Eagles in their first home game since Week 3 this Friday at Richards Memorial Field. This will be the homecoming game for HHS.
For the Indians, the longer the season goes, things seem to not improve for the one-win team.
"On the road isn't all bad ... however, getting beat soundly on the road is," Hillsboro head coach Brian Spicer said. "Getting to play the next three out of four games at home will be good, but we need to show improvement in these games to feel better about what we are doing and where we are going."
Last week in their final non-league game the Indians lost 67-16 at Zanesville. In their past three games the Indians have allowed 171 points on defense, while scoring 35. One fact about those losses is all three teams the Indians dropped games to in that span (Clinton-Massie, Washington and Zanesville) all have a chance to make the playoffs. Also, the combined record of those three teams are 17-1.
In Week 7, though, the Tribe will host MP, who is winless on the season at 0-6, 0-3 in the South Central Ohio League.
Both teams are looking for their first win of the season, as MP is coming off a 50-21 loss to the previously winless Miami Trace Panthers.
"We must execute on both sides of the ball," Spicer said. "They (MP) play hard the entire game."
In their past three games, MP has been outscored 152-55 against Washington, McClain and Miami Trace.
So what will be the biggest difference when kickoff arrives at 7:30 p.m, at RMF this Friday?
The experience of each squad.
The Indians (0-2, 1-5) have a senior QB in Aric Carroll compared to a sophomore QB in Seth Castro. Hillsboro also has some veterans in other positions, but the fact of it is, neither team has been able to put an entire four quarters together in the past month.
"The mental anguish you go through has to be thrown off and forgotten about," Spicer said about the tough three games the Indians just completed. " We have to patch up our wounded and get back in the fight. It's like the old saying É'You just have to climb back on that saddle.'
"We have done some good things and need to emphasize them and build on them. Anything not up to par needs to be worked on."
Both the Hillsboro Indians and the Madison-Plains Eagles are currently on multiple-game losing streaks, but in Week 7, one of those streaks will end.
The Indians are set to host the Golden Eagles in their first home game since Week 3 this Friday at Richards Memorial Field. This will be the homecoming game for HHS.
For the Indians, the longer the season goes, things seem to not improve for the one-win team.
"On the road isn't all bad ... however, getting beat soundly on the road is," Hillsboro head coach Brian Spicer said. "Getting to play the next three out of four games at home will be good, but we need to show improvement in these games to feel better about what we are doing and where we are going."
Last week in their final non-league game the Indians lost 67-16 at Zanesville. In their past three games the Indians have allowed 171 points on defense, while scoring 35. One fact about those losses is all three teams the Indians dropped games to in that span (Clinton-Massie, Washington and Zanesville) all have a chance to make the playoffs. Also, the combined record of those three teams are 17-1.
In Week 7, though, the Tribe will host MP, who is winless on the season at 0-6, 0-3 in the South Central Ohio League.
Both teams are looking for their first win of the season, as MP is coming off a 50-21 loss to the previously winless Miami Trace Panthers.
"We must execute on both sides of the ball," Spicer said. "They (MP) play hard the entire game."
In their past three games, MP has been outscored 152-55 against Washington, McClain and Miami Trace.
So what will be the biggest difference when kickoff arrives at 7:30 p.m, at RMF this Friday?
The experience of each squad.
The Indians (0-2, 1-5) have a senior QB in Aric Carroll compared to a sophomore QB in Seth Castro. Hillsboro also has some veterans in other positions, but the fact of it is, neither team has been able to put an entire four quarters together in the past month.
"The mental anguish you go through has to be thrown off and forgotten about," Spicer said about the tough three games the Indians just completed. " We have to patch up our wounded and get back in the fight. It's like the old saying É'You just have to climb back on that saddle.'
"We have done some good things and need to emphasize them and build on them. Anything not up to par needs to be worked on."
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