Football Preview: Churubusco Eagles vs. Manchester Squires
The Churubusco Eagles are taking a road trip to challenge the Manchester Squires at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Given that both suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
Churubusco is headed into the game out to prove that what happened against Fairfield on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Churubusco came up short against Fairfield, falling 42-18. The Eagles have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Churubusco might have lost, but man, Angelo Ianucilli was a machine: he rushed for 104 yards and two touchdowns. Ianucilli is becoming a predictor of Churubusco's success: when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns the team is 3-1 (and 1-4 when he doesn't).
Meanwhile, after a string of four wins, Manchester's good fortune finally ran out on Friday. They took a 35-28 hit to the loss column at the hands of Peru. The Squires haven't had much luck with the Tigers recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
Manchester wouldn't let Peru keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. Manchester can thank Maddux Greer and Reiss Gaerte for forcing all of them. Greer also set a new season high mark in rushing yards with 81.
Even though they lost, Manchester was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 284 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 236 rushing yards in four consecutive matches.
Churubusco now has a losing record at 4-5. As for Manchester, their loss ended a five-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 5-4.
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