Football Preview: Manistee Chippewas vs. Whitehall Vikings
The Manistee Chippewas will venture away from home to challenge the Whitehall Vikings at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Manistee's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They claimed a resounding 41-0 victory over Orchard View at home. That 41 point margin sets a new team best for the Chippewas this season.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Manistee was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 267 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 194 rushing yards in ten consecutive contests dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, you can't lose the game if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Whitehall's strategy against Montague on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Whitehall blew Montague out of the water with a 42-7 final score. The Vikings pushed the score to 35-7 by the end of the third, a deficit the Wildcats had little chance of recovering from.
Manistee's win bumped their record up to 3-1. As for Whitehall, the victory got them back to even at 2-2.
Manistee was dealt a bruising 35-0 loss at the hands of Whitehall in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. Can Manistee avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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