Football Preview: Brownstown Central Braves vs. Silver Creek Dragons
Brownstown Central is 9-1 against Silver Creek since October of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Brownstown Central Braves will head out to take on the Silver Creek Dragons at 7:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Brownstown Central has seven straight wins, Silver Creek has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Brownstown Central is headed into the match after thoroughly thrashing Madison: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Brownstown Central blew Madison out of the water with a 42-14 final score. Fans of the Braves have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 20+ points.
Brownstown Central's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Trevor Branaman, who rushed for 98 yards on only seven carries, and Micah J Sheffer, who threw for 145 yards and two touchdowns on only 13 passes. Branaman's longest rush was for an impressive 63 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Brownstown Central was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 210 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 158 rushing yards in 18 consecutive games dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Silver Creek didn't have quite enough to beat North Harrison on Friday and fell 24-21. The Dragons were right on the edge of victory: they outscored the Cougars in the fourth quarter 8-0.
Brownstown Central's victory was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 7-0. As for Silver Creek, they now have a losing record at 3-4.
Everything came up roses for Brownstown Central against Silver Creek in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, as the team secured a 45-14 win. In that contest, Brownstown Central amassed a halftime lead of 31-7, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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