Football Game Preview: Hamilton Township Rangers vs. Logan Elm Braves

The Hamilton Township Rangers will venture away from home to face off against the Logan Elm Braves at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.

Hamilton Township is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Bloom-Carroll just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Friday. They fell 28-17 to the Bulldogs.

Even if they lost, Hamilton Township's defense still kept up the pressure with seven sacks. Logan Paquette refused to say out of the backfield, picking up three sacks all by himself. Hamilton Township got some further help from Paquette: he picked up three sacks and made eight total tackles (4.0 for loss).

Meanwhile, after only six points in their last game, Logan Elm made sure to put some points up on the board against Alexander on Friday. The Braves simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the Spartans 40-7. The Braves' offense stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most points they've scored all season.

Hamilton Township better keep an eye on Austin Holbrook. He was instrumental in Logan Elm's win, rushing for 99 yards and one TD on only nine carries, while also throwing for 37 yards and one touchdown. Those 99 rushing yards gave Holbrook a new career-high.

Logan Elm was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 404 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 92.7 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last five matchups they've averaged 211.7.

Logan Elm didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Wyatt Justice and Shivam Patel.

Logan Elm's record is now 2-7. As for Hamilton Township, their defeat was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 4-1 and their overall record down to 7-2.

Hamilton Township couldn't quite finish off Logan Elm in their previous meeting back in October of 2024 and fell 34-32. Thankfully for the Rangers, Aaron Walters (who threw for 304 yards and five TDs while completing 75% of his passes) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.