Football Preview: Great Mills Hornets vs. Chopticon Braves
The Great Mills Hornets are taking a road trip to take on the Chopticon Braves at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Great Mills will be strutting in after a victory while Chopticon will be coming in after a loss.
Great Mills' offense will try to repeat the strong performance it gave on Friday, when they got past Calvert's usually-dominant defense. Great Mills took down Calvert 31-15. The Hornets pushed the score to 31-7 by the end of the third, a deficit the Cavaliers cut but never quite recovered from.
Great Mills found their leader in underclassman Kian Bush, who threw for 275 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 12.5 yards per attempt. Those 275 passing yards set a new season-high mark for Bush. Speaking of playmakers, who could forget Deandre Dorsey, who went all the way with a kickoff return for a touchdown.
Meanwhile, Chopticon was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their 11th straight defeat dating back to last season. They were outmatched by Huntingtown on the road and fell 53-0. While losing is never fun, the Braves can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Maryland football rankings (they are ranked 182nd, while the Hurricanes are ranked 35th).
Great Mills' win bumped their record up to 3-4. As for Chopticon, their loss dropped their record down to 0-7.
Everything came up roses for Great Mills against Chopticon when the teams last played back in October of 2023, as the team secured a 30-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Great Mills since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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