Football Preview: Birch Run Panthers vs. Chesaning Indians
The Birch Run Panthers will venture away from home to take on the Chesaning Indians at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Birch Run's defense has only allowed 17.8 points per game this season, so Chesaning's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Last Friday, in a tight game that could have gone either way, Birch Run made off with a 21-20 victory over New Lothrop.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Chesaning). They breezed by Mt. Morris on the road to the tune of 54-23 on Friday. Given the Indians' advantage in MaxPreps' Michigan football rankings (they are ranked 109th, while the Panthers are ranked 275th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Chesaning got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Brayden Florian out in front who rushed for 109 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries, and also picked up 66 receiving yards and a touchdown. Florian's rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his third straight game with at least 109 rushing yards dating back to last season. Another passer making a difference was Maxwell Volk, who threw for 201 yards and three touchdowns on only 18 passes.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Chesaning was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 272 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 172 rushing yards in four consecutive contests.
The victory got Birch Run back to even at 2-2. As for Chesaning, their win was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 4-0.
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