Football Preview: Carsonville-Port Sanilac Tigers vs. Merritt Academy Mustangs
Carsonville-Port Sanilac is on a four-game streak of home losses also dating back to last season, Merritt Academy a five-game streak of away losses also dating back to last season, but someone's luck is about to change on Thursday. The Carsonville-Port Sanilac Tigers will welcome the Merritt Academy Mustangs at 7:00 p.m.
Carsonville-Port Sanilac's offense might be in the hot seat on Thursday considering what happened against All Saints Central on Friday. They had to suffer through a 84-0 loss at the hands of the Cougars. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Michigan football rankings (they are ranked 104th, while the Cougars are ranked 34th).
Merritt Academy never got on the board in their matchup last Friday, but that sure wasn't the case in their game against Ashley last Friday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the Bears 45-14 at home.
Merritt Academy had a senior duo take command as Caden Siler rushed for 237 yards and four touchdowns on only eight carries and Anthony Casper rushed for 111 yards on only 14 carries. The dominant performance gave Siler a new career-high in rushing yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Merritt Academy was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 499 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
One reason for the win was Merritt Academy's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for 12 sacks. Jordan Lopacki led the group effort, picking up four of those sacks all by himself.
Carsonville-Port Sanilac's loss dropped their record down to 0-6. As for Merritt Academy, their victory bumped their record up to 2-4.
Carsonville-Port Sanilac took a serious blow against Merritt Academy when the teams last played back in September of 2023, falling 62-0. Thankfully for Carsonville-Port Sanilac, Zion Campbell (who rushed for 210 yards and four touchdowns on only eight carries) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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