By the Numbers: Knights vs. Bearcats

SCOTT TRUXELL/independent sports editor

It’s a highly anticipated game – the defending Northwest Conference champion Spencerville Bearcats (4-1, 2-0 NWC) and the 2018 preseason favorite Crestview Knights (4-1, 1-1 NWC, No. 13 in Division VII).

Friday’s game will kick off at 7 p.m. at Spencerville’s Memorial Field. Below is a breakdown of the game, strictly by the numbers.

Average points

Crestview: 42 ppg (1st NWC)
Spencerville: 38 ppg (2nd NWC)

Average points allowed

Spencerville 19.6 ppg (1st NWC)
Crestview 23.2 ppg (2nd NWC)

Offense

Total yards

Crestview: 433 total yards per game (1st NWC)
Spencerville: 376 yards per game (2nd NWC)

Rushing

Spencerville: 366 yards per game (1st NWC)
Crestview: 290 yards per game (2nd NWC)

Passing

Crestview: 143 yards per game (2nd NWC)
Spencerville: 10 yards per game (8th NWC)

Defense

Total yards allowed

Spencerville: 198 yards per game (1st NWC)
Crestview: 252 yards per game (2nd NWC)

Rushing yards allowed

Spencerville: 63 yards per game (1st NWC)
Crestview: 90 yards per game (2nd NWC)

Passing yards allowed

Spencerville: 135 yards per game (5th NWC)
Crestview: 162 yards per game (6th NWC)

Individual

Crestview

Rushing: Drew Kline 75-575, 5 TDs (1st NWC); Brody Brecht 56-444, 7 TDs; Derick Dealey 27-213, 2 TDs; Kaden Short 12-136, 3 TDs; Caylib Pruett 10-111, 1 TD

Passing: Drew Kline 43-71, 718 yards, 9 TDS, 4 INTs

Receiving: Wade Sheets 19-396, 6 TDs; Derick Dealey 8-142, 2 TDs; Landin Burch 7-76

Spencerville

Rushing: Cannon Johnson 60-559, 9 TDS (2nd NWC); Kale Lee 76-457, 4 TDs (4th NWC); Joel Lotz 50-442, 7 TDs; Dylan Baughman 44-247, 4 TDs

Passing: Dalty Prichard: 5-15, 53 yards, 2 INTs

Receiving: Jackson Goecke 1-15