Football Preview: Dakota Cougars vs. Utica Chieftains
The Dakota Cougars will head out to face off against the Utica Chieftains at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Dakota is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 33.7 points per game this season.
Dakota is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Michigan's top teams: Utica Eisenhower, who was ranked third in their home state at the time (Dakota was ranked eighth). Dakota fell 21-14 to Utica Eisenhower on Friday. The Cougars' loss signaled the end of their six-game winning streak.
Although Dakota took the loss, they still got scores from Di'Mari Malone and Brady Hamby.
Utica never got on the board in their matchup two weeks ago, but that sure wasn't the case in their game against L'Anse Creuse North last Friday. They breezed by the Crusaders on the road to the tune of 41-14. The contest marked the Chieftains' most dominant victory of the season.
Having lost for the first time this season, Dakota fell to 6-1. As for Utica, their win bumped their record up to 3-4.
Dakota strolled past Utica in their previous meeting back in August of 2023 by a score of 32-14. Does Dakota have another victory up their sleeve, or will Utica turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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