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By Team Reports Sep 24, 2024, 3:11am

Football Preview: Manzanola Bobcats vs. Miami-Yoder Buffaloes

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After starting their season with three straight games on the road, Manzanola is finally coming home. They will be defending their home-fieldthey go up against the Miami-Yoder Buffaloes at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.

It's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 66-19, which was the final score in Manzanola's tilt against Hanover on Saturday. The Bobcats haven't had much luck with the Hornets recently, as the team's come up short the last five times they've met.

Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Miami-Yoder). They blew past Flagler 52-29 on Friday.

Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Miami-Yoder was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 329 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.

Miami-Yoder wouldn't let Flagler keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force four fumbles. Jack Ejlersen led the group effort, picking up two of those forced fumbles all by himself. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 6.7 total tackles per game.

Manzanola now has a losing record at 1-2. As for Miami-Yoder, the victory got them back to even at 2-2.

Manzanola was taken down by Miami-Yoder 48-18 in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. Will Manzanola have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the match for a full breakdown of the game, commentary, and other football content.

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