Football Recap: Chesaning Indians vs. Lansing Catholic Cougars
Chesaning and Lansing Catholic squared off in some playoff action on Friday, but Chesaning had to settle for second. They took a 36-29 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Lansing Catholic Cougars. The defensive woes were uncharacteristic for the Indians, who until this game were averaging 14.5 points allowed.
Despite the loss, Chesaning still got an impressive performance from Brayden Florian, who rushed for 163 yards and three touchdowns, and also picked up 56 receiving yards and a touchdown. Florian's rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his third straight game with at least 131 rushing yards.
Even though they lost, Chesaning was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 233 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 172 rushing yards in ten consecutive contests.
With the loss, Chesaning broke their nine-game winning streak and moved their record to 9-1. As for Lansing Catholic, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 7-3 record this season.
Chesaning does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Lansing Catholic, they will challenge Ovid-Elsie at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
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