The Bullock Creek Lancers will head out on the road to square off against the Clare Pioneers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Last Friday, everything came up roses for Bullock Creek on the road against Carrollton/Saginaw as the team secured a 56-6 win. Given the Lancers' advantage in MaxPreps' Michigan football rankings (they are ranked 174th, while the are ranked 415th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Clare got themselves on the board against Meridian on Friday, but Meridian never followed suit. They blew past the Mustangs 43-0 on the road. The score at the end of the third wound up being the final score as the Pioneers just coasted through the last quarter.
Clare's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Aiden Van Bonn, who rushed for 90 yards and two touchdowns, and also picked up 64 receiving yards and a touchdown. Van Bonn got the majority of those receiving yards when he pulled down a pass and took off for a gain of 64 yards. Another passer making a difference was Jayden Arthur, who threw for 152 yards and two touchdowns on only eight passes.
The win got Bullock Creek back to even at 1-1. As for Clare, their victory was their fourth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 2-0.
Bullock Creek came out on top in a nail-biter against Clare in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, sneaking past 22-19. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Clare's Ryan Louch, who picked up 105 receiving yards and a touchdown, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Bullock Creek still be able to contain Louch? There's only one way to find out.
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