Football Preview: Brown County Hornets vs. Camp Point Central Panthers
Brown County is 2-8 against Camp Point Central since September of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Brown County Hornets will look to defend their home field against the Camp Point Central Panthers at 7:00 p.m. Both are strolling into their games after big wins in their previous games.
Brown County is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed by Triopia/Meredosia-Chambersburg/Virginia on the road to the tune of 51-6 on Friday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Hornets.
Meanwhile, Camp Point Central was fully in charge on Friday, breezing past Unity/Seymour 35-6 at home. The result was nothing new for the Panthers, who have now won three contests by 29 points or more so far this season.
Camp Point Central's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Elijah Genenbacher led the charge by rushing for 112 yards and a touchdown on only ten carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Camp Point Central was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 377 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 170 rushing yards in 17 consecutive matches dating back to last season.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Camp Point Central's defense and their three sacks. In that department, Kadin Niekamp was the leader with two.
The win got Brown County back to even at 2-2. As for Camp Point Central, they pushed their record up to 3-1 with the victory, which was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season.
Brown County was taken down by Camp Point Central 45-0 in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. Thankfully for Brown County, Drew Paben (who rushed for 134 yards and three touchdowns on only five carries) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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