Football Preview: Freeland Falcons vs. Goodrich Martians
The Freeland Falcons are taking a road trip to square off against the Goodrich Martians at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Freeland is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They blew past Lake Fenton 51-21. Given the Falcons' advantage in MaxPreps' Michigan football rankings (they are ranked 47th, while the Blue Devils are ranked 177th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Brayden Petre had a dynamite game for Freeland, rushing for 57 yards and two touchdowns on only six carries, while also catching a touchdown. Freeland also got a significant boost from Owen Case, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 106 yards.
Meanwhile, Goodrich entered their tilt with Brandon on Friday with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. They breezed by the Blackhawks to the tune of 49-7.
Goodrich's record is now 8-2. As for Freeland, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 9-1.
Freeland and Goodrich were almost perfectly matched up in their previous matchup back in November of 2023, but Freeland suffered an agonizing 21-20 defeat. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Goodrich's Chase Burnett, who rushed for 174 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.6 yards per carry. Now that Freeland knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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