Football Preview: Clearview Clippers vs. Firelands Falcons
Clearview has been on the road for three straight, but on Friday they'll finally head home. They will welcome the Firelands Falcons at 7:00 p.m. The two teams are strolling into their matchups after big wins in their previous games.
If Clearview beats Firelands with 42 points on Friday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two matches with that exact score. Clearview blew past Wellington 42-19 on Friday. The Clippers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four games by 23 points or more this season.
Cy Christensen had an outrageously good game as he threw for 226 yards and three touchdowns while completing 72.7% of his passes, and also rushed for 34 yards. Jg Hill was Christensen's top target, picking up 74 receiving yards and a touchdown, while also rushing for 35 yards.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Clearview was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 228 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.
Meanwhile, Firelands owes their defense a big pat on the back after their performance on Friday. They blew past Brookside, posting a 28-0 win at home. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Falcons.
Clearview pushed their record up to 5-0 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road. As for Firelands, their win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 2-4.
Clearview skirted past Firelands 19-16 when the teams last played back in September of 2023. Will Clearview repeat their success, or does Firelands have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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