Football Preview: Grandview Heights Bobcats vs. Chesapeake Panthers
The Grandview Heights Bobcats will take on the Chesapeake Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Grandview Heights is currently enjoying a perfect season and no doubt wants to keep things rolling.
Grandview Heights will head into Friday's match hoping to keep the good times rolling: they only won by three when they last took the field, which might have inspired the 25-point they dealt Bexley on Friday. Grandview Heights blew past Bexley 31-6. Given the Bobcats' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio football rankings (they are ranked 282nd, while the Lions are ranked 600th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Grandview Heights relied on the efforts of Henry Ohlinger, who rushed for 79 yards and two touchdowns on only seven carries, and Owen Nugent, who gained 134 total yards and a touchdown.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Grandview Heights was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 252 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in October of 2023.
Meanwhile, Chesapeake entered their matchup against Dawson-Bryant on Friday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Chesapeake was beaten by Dawson-Bryant 44-14. The loss continues a trend for the Panthers in their matchups with the Hornets: they've now lost five in a row.
Grandview Heights pushed their record up to 4-0 with that win, which was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Chesapeake, their defeat was their first of the season and makes their record 3-1.
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