Tri-Central has enjoyed the comforts of home their last three games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will take on the Eastern Comets at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Tri-Central focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up four on Friday.
It's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 51-14, which was the final score in Tri-Central's tilt against Carroll. The defeat continues a trend for the Trojans in their matchups with the Cougars: they've now lost six in a row.
Tri-Central's loss came about despite a quality game from Jacob Cline, who rushed for 120 yards and a touchdown on only 14 carries. Cline got the majority of those rushing yards when he took off on a run that went for an incredible 65 yards.
Meanwhile, Eastern won against Clinton Central last Friday with 18 points and they decided to stick to that point total again on Friday. Eastern strolled past Clinton Central with points to spare, taking the game 18-0. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Comets.
Tri-Central's defeat dropped their record down to 1-5. As for Eastern, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 3-4 record this season.
Tri-Central suffered a grim 31-7 defeat to Eastern in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. Can Tri-Central avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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