Football Preview: Holt Rams vs. East Lansing Trojans
Holt and East Lansing are an even 5-5 against one another since September of 2014, but not for long. The Holt Rams will look to defend their home field on Friday against the East Lansing Trojans at 7:00 p.m.
Last Friday, Holt came up short against Everett and fell 29-20.
Despite the loss, Holt got top-tier performance from Ladon Hatcher, who rushed for 117 yards and a touchdown.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask East Lansing). They really took it to Waverly for the full four quarters, racking up a 54-8 victory at home. The Trojans might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three contests by 24 points or more this season.
Holt's defeat dropped their record down to 4-4. As for East Lansing, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 5-3.
Holt was dealt a bruising 42-7 loss at the hands of East Lansing in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of East Lansing's Dwataye Sams Jr, who rushed for 205 yards and three touchdowns on only 11 carries. Now that Holt 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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