Gobles has been on the road for three straight, but on Friday they'll finally head home. They will welcome the Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Lakers at 7:00 p.m. Gobles is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 48 points per game this season.
Gobles is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Michigan's top teams: Bridgman, who was ranked 19th in their home state at the time (Gobles was ranked second). Gobles took down Bridgman 47-28 on Friday.
It was another big night for Mason Mansfield, who rushed for 257 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 15.1 yards per carry. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 118.9 rushing yards per game. Another player making a difference was Preston Misak, who rushed for 109 yards and a touchdown on only 12 carries.
Gobles' defense stepped up as well, laying out the QB five times. Mansfield was especially locked on to Bridgman's QB and sacked him twice. The dominant performance gave Mansfield a new career-high in rushing yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Gobles was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 443 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 259 rushing yards in eight consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Our Lady of the Lake Catholic didn't have quite enough to beat Onekama on Saturday and fell 22-20.
Gobles pushed their record up to 8-0 with the win, which was their fifth straight on the road. As for Our Lady of the Lake Catholic, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-3.
Everything came up roses for Gobles against Our Lady of the Lake Catholic when the teams last played back in August of 2021, as the team secured a 66-6 victory. Does Gobles have another victory up their sleeve, or will Our Lady of the Lake Catholic turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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