Football Preview: Mooresville Pioneers vs. Franklin Community Grizzly Cubs
The Mooresville Pioneers will face off against the Franklin Community Grizzly Cubs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with four consecutive losses for Mooresville and three for Franklin Community.
It's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 55-14, which was the final score in Mooresville's tilt against Decatur Central on Friday. The Pioneers were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 45-14.
Even though the team lost, they still had their share of impressive performances. One of the best came from Tyler Denny, who picked up 68 receiving yards and a touchdown, and also rushed for 41 yards. Another receiver making a difference was Kaden Bruhn, who picked up 88 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Meanwhile, Franklin Community had to suffer through a 40-7 loss at the hands of Martinsville. While losing is never fun, the Grizzly Cubs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana football rankings (they are ranked 89th, while the Artesians are ranked 22nd).
Franklin Community's loss came about despite a quality game from Alex Leugers, who rushed for 84 yards and a touchdown, and also picked up 33 receiving yards.
Mooresville's defeat dropped their record down to 1-4. As for Franklin Community, they now have a losing record at 2-3.
Mooresville couldn't quite finish off Franklin Community in their previous matchup back in September of 2023 and fell 29-26. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Leugers, who rushed for 232 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.7 yards per carry. Now that Mooresville knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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