Football Game Preview: Centennial Leaves Home

By Team Reports Sep 18, 2024, 2:12am

Football Preview: Centennial Stars vs. Linden-McKinley Panthers

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Centennial is 7-2 against Linden-McKinley since September of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Centennial Stars will take on the Linden-McKinley Panthers at 7:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.

Centennial will head out to face Linden-McKinley after giving up their first home loss of the season on Friday. Centennial took a 26-15 hit to the loss column at the hands of Beechcroft. The loss continues a trend for the Stars in their matchups with the Cougars: they've now lost five in a row.

Meanwhile, Linden-McKinley was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They fell 20-12 to Northland.

Although Linden-McKinley took the loss, they still got scores from Zyon Mayo and Briyon Jamison.

Linden-McKinley wouldn't let Northland keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Linden-McKinley can thank Jaiden Ashford and Marqualyn Jones for forcing both of them.

Centennial's loss dropped their record down to 1-3. As for Linden-McKinley, their defeat dropped their record down to an identical 1-3.

Centennial strolled past Linden-McKinley in their previous matchup back in September of 2023 by a score of 32-14. The rematch might be a little tougher for Centennial since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.

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