Football Preview: Michigan Center Cardinals vs. Grass Lake Warriors
The Michigan Center Cardinals will face off against the Grass Lake Warriors at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Michigan Center will be strutting in after a victory while Grass Lake will be coming in after a loss.
Michigan Center is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past East Jackson 48-0 on the road on Friday.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Michigan Center to victory, but perhaps none more so than Davion King, who rushed for 70 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave King a new career-high in rushing yards. Braylon Brown was another key back, rushing for 55 yards and a touchdown on only five carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Michigan Center was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 331 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Grass Lake was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap on Friday as they fell 30-26 to Napoleon. The Warriors haven't had much luck with the Pirates recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Grass Lake's defeat came about despite a quality game from Brayden Lape, who threw for 184 yards and three touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes. Lape is on a roll when it comes to passing touchdowns, as he's now passed for three or more in the last four games he's played dating back to last season. Jacob Collins was Lape's top target, picking up 121 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Michigan Center's win bumped their record up to 2-3. As for Grass Lake, their loss dropped their record down to 3-2.
Michigan Center didn't have too much breathing room in their matchup against Grass Lake in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, but they still walked away with a 32-27 victory. Does Michigan Center have another victory up their sleeve, or will Grass Lake turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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