Football Preview: Tinley Park Titans vs. Bremen Braves
Tinley Park and Bremen are an even 5-5 against one another since September of 2014, but not for long. The Tinley Park Titans will stay at home for another week and welcome the Bremen Braves at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Bremen took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Tinley Park, who comes in off a win.
Having struggled with three losses in a row, Tinley Park finally turned things around against Argo on Friday. They secured a 19-14 W over the Argonauts.
Keoni George was his usual excellent self, rushing for 191 yards and a touchdown. Those 191 rushing yards gave him a new career-high.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Tinley Park was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 241 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 170 rushing yards in three consecutive games.
Tinley Park didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. In fact, those interceptions all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut James Ellis.
Meanwhile, Bremen was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their seventh straight defeat dating back to last season. They were beaten by Lemont 38-0. While losing is never fun, the Braves can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois football rankings (they are ranked 378th, while the Lemont HS are ranked 113th).
The victory got Tinley Park back to even at 3-3. As for Bremen, their loss dropped their record down to 0-6.
Tinley Park was able to grind out a solid win over Bremen in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, winning 26-14. Does Tinley Park have another victory up their sleeve, or will Bremen turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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