After starting their season with two straight games on the road, Benson is finally coming home. They will look to take advantage of their home-field as they take on the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Jaguars at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Last Friday, Benson came up short against Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg and fell 28-20. The loss continues a trend for Benson in their matchups with Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg: they've now lost five in a row.
Meanwhile, Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa got themselves on the board against West Central Area on Friday, but West Central Area never followed suit. They blew past the Knights 32-0 on the road. Given the Jaguars' advantage in MaxPreps' Minnesota football rankings (they are ranked 99th, while the Knights are ranked 263rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Benson's defeat dropped their record down to 0-2. As for Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 2-0.
Benson was taken down by Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 58-17 in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa's Luke Dingmann, who threw for 228 yards and three touchdowns while completing 80% of his passes, and also rushed for 72 yards and two touchdowns. Now that Benson 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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