Football Preview: Deer Creek-Mackinaw Chiefs vs. El Paso-Gridley Titans
The Deer Creek-Mackinaw Chiefs will head out on the road to challenge the El Paso-Gridley Titans at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Deer Creek-Mackinaw's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They breezed by Tremont at home to the tune of 50-0. Considering the Chiefs have won three games by more than 29 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Deer Creek-Mackinaw was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 279 rushing yards. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved they're rushing yard total in three consecutive matchups.
Deer Creek-Mackinaw didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Drew Swadinsky and Parker Eggenberger.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask El Paso-Gridley). They snuck past Shelbyville with a 34-30 win on Friday.
The victory snapped Deer Creek-Mackinaw's losing streak at three games and leaves them with a 3-3 record. As for El Paso-Gridley, the win also got them back to even at 3-3.
Deer Creek-Mackinaw was able to grind out a solid victory over El Paso-Gridley in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, winning 16-8. Will Deer Creek-Mackinaw repeat their success, or does El Paso-Gridley have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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