Football Preview: Cross County Cougars vs. Centura Centurions
After two games on the road, Cross County is heading back home. They will host the Centura Centurions at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Cross County focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up four on Friday.
Cross County is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against Ord on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Cross County was outmatched by Ord on the road and fell 42-14.
Despite the defeat, Cross County got top-tier performance from Tyion Francis, who rushed for 81 yards and a touchdown. Francis really tore up the turf during one magnificent 75-yard run.
Cross County didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Francis and Thatcher Hanson. The dominant performance gave Francis a new career-high in rushing yards.
Meanwhile, Centura was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their tenth straight loss dating back to last season. The match between them and St. Paul wasn't particularly close, with Centura falling 27-8.
Centura might have lost, but man, Trevin Grabowski was a machine: he rushed for 133 yards and a touchdown.
Cross County dropped their record down to 3-5 with the defeat, which was their fourth straight on the road. As for Centura, their loss dropped their record down to 0-8.
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