Football Game Preview: West Point-Beemer Cadets vs. Battle Creek Braves

By Team Reports Oct 8, 2024, 6:02am

Football Preview: West Point-Beemer Cadets vs. Battle Creek Braves

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The West Point-Beemer Cadets will venture away from home to take on the Battle Creek Braves on Friday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.

West Point-Beemer is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against Norfolk Catholic on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. West Point-Beemer had to suffer through a 49-12 loss at the hands of Norfolk Catholic. While losing is never fun, the Cadets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska football rankings (they are ranked 70th, while the Knights are ranked fifth).

Meanwhile, Battle Creek's undefeated season came to an end after five games on Friday. They took a 21-14 hit to the loss column at the hands of Cedar Catholic. The contest marked the Braves' lowest-scoring match so far this season.

Although Battle Creek took the loss, they still got scores from Aden Pochop and Casey Schnebel.

Even if they lost, Battle Creek's defense still kept up the pressure with three sacks. Leading the way was Conner Neuhalfen with two.

West Point-Beemer's loss was their third straight at home, which dropped their record down to 3-3. As for Battle Creek, their defeat was their first of the season and makes their record 5-1.

West Point-Beemer was taken down by Battle Creek 39-7 in their previous matchup back in September of 2021. Can West Point-Beemer avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.

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