Football Preview: Western Christian Fighting Lancers vs. Maranatha Minutemen
Western Christian has been away from home for three games now, but on Friday they'll finally make their return. They will host the Maranatha Minutemen at 7:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Last Friday, Western Christian took a blow against Big Bear, falling 50-14. The Fighting Lancers were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 29-6.
Meanwhile, Maranatha entered their match against Linfield Christian on Friday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Maranatha took a 42-35 hit to the loss column at the hands of Linfield Christian. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game back in September (31), the Minutemen still had to take the loss.
The match pitted two dominant backs against one another in Miles Omalley and Micah Little. Little had a great game and rushed for 159 yards and three touchdowns on only 14 carries. Meanwhile, Omalley was balling out in the loss, rushing for 251 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 13.9 yards per carry, and also picking up 44 receiving yards.
Even though they lost, Maranatha was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 278 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in October of 2023.
Western Christian now has a losing record at 2-3. As for Maranatha, their loss ended an eight-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 3-3.
Western Christian suffered a grim 58-33 defeat to Maranatha in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Omalley, who rushed for 235 yards and five touchdowns on only 14 carries, and also caught a touchdown. Now that Western Christian knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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