Football Preview: Greenwood Woodmen vs. Franklin Community Grizzly Cubs
Greenwood has been away from home for two games now, but on Friday they'll finally make their return. They will face off against the Franklin Community Grizzly Cubs at 7:00 p.m. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Greenwood is headed into the match out to prove that what happened against Decatur Central on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Greenwood had to suffer through a 44-7 loss at the hands of Decatur Central. While losing is never fun, the Woodmen can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana football rankings (they are ranked 128th, while the Hawks are ranked 28th).
Meanwhile, Franklin Community was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss. They lost 34-13 to Plainfield. The Grizzly Cubs were down 27-6 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
The match pitted two dominant backs against one another in Alex Leugers and Luke Starnes. Starnes had a great game and rushed for 151 yards and two touchdowns on only 15 carries. Meanwhile, Leugers was balling out in the loss, rushing for 175 yards and a touchdown while picking up 10.9 yards per carry, and also picking up 64 receiving yards.
Greenwood has traveled a rocky road recently having lost four of their last five matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 2-5 record this season. As for Franklin Community, their defeat dropped their record down to an identical 2-5.
Things could have been worse for Greenwood, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 35-21 loss to Franklin Community in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Leugers, who rushed for 221 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 11.1 yards per carry. Now that Greenwood knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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