Football Preview: Maranatha Minutemen vs. Western Christian Fighting Lancers
The Maranatha Minutemen will venture away from home to face off against the Western Christian Fighting Lancers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Maranatha knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 31 points or more in their past three games -- so hopefully Western Christian likes a good challenge.
Maranatha will head out to face Western Christian after giving up their first home loss of the season on Friday. Maranatha took a 42-35 hit to the loss column at the hands of Linfield Christian. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game back in September (31), the Minutemen still had to take the loss.
The match pitted two dominant backs against one another in Miles Omalley and Micah Little. Little had a great game and rushed for 159 yards and three touchdowns on only 14 carries. Meanwhile, Omalley was balling out in the loss, rushing for 251 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 13.9 yards per carry, and also picking up 44 receiving yards.
Even though they lost, Maranatha was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 278 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in October of 2023.
Meanwhile, Western Christian was beaten by Big Bear 50-14 on Friday. The Fighting Lancers were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 29-6.
Maranatha's defeat ended an eight-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 3-3. As for Western Christian, they now have a losing record at 2-3.
Maranatha took their win against Western Christian when the teams last played back in September of 2023 by a conclusive 58-33. In that matchup, Maranatha amassed a halftime lead of 44-14, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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