Football Preview: Centennial Broncos vs. East Butler Tigers
The Centennial Broncos will take on the East Butler Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Centennial knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 31 points or more in their past three matchups -- so hopefully East Butler likes a good challenge.
Centennial is headed into the contest out to prove that what happened against McCool Junction on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Centennial lost 58-34 to McCool Junction.
Ryan Richters put forth a good effort for the losing side as he rushed for 96 yards and a touchdown.
Meanwhile, East Butler was fully in charge on Friday, breezing past Heartland 62-24 on the road. Considering the Tigers have won three matches by more than 37 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead East Butler to victory, but perhaps none more so than Kaleb Palik, who rushed for 161 yards and a touchdown while picking up 10.1 yards per carry. Grant Kozisek was another key player, rushing for 54 yards and a touchdown on only six carries.
East Butler didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Jakson Smaus and Kozisek.
Centennial's defeat dropped their record down to 2-5. As for East Butler, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 5-2 record this season.
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