Football Preview: Battle Creek Braves vs. Oakland-Craig Knights
The Battle Creek Braves will take on the Oakland-Craig Knights at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are still undefeated after four-games, but that won't be the case come Friday.
Battle Creek is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They claimed a resounding 48-20 victory over Archbishop Bergan at home. The Braves might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three matches by 20 points or more this season.
Battle Creek's win on Friday was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Aden Pochop, who rushed for 114 yards and two touchdowns, and also caught a touchdown. The dominant performance gave Pochop a new career-high in rushing yards. Another passer making a difference was Jaxon Mettler, who threw for 104 yards and three touchdowns.
Battle Creek's defense stepped up as well, laying out the QB four times. The heavy lifting was done by Dawson Amick and Connor Heiderman, who racked up all four sacks between them. Heiderman is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made six or more in the last three games he's played dating back to last season.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Battle Creek was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 286 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 242 rushing yards in three consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Oakland-Craig didn't have too much trouble with Malcolm at home on Friday as they won 27-9.
Jaxen Jorgensen continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 132 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.8 yards per carry. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 104.5 rushing yards per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Braylon Anderson, who threw for 219 yards and two touchdowns.
Battle Creek's win bumped their record up to 4-0. As for Oakland-Craig, they pushed their record up to 4-0 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season.
Battle Creek couldn't quite finish off Oakland-Craig in their previous meeting back in September of 2017 and fell 27-24. Thankfully for Battle Creek, Evan Reinert (who rushed for 128 yards and three touchdowns, and also threw for 199 yards and a touchdown) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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