The Fort Calhoun Pioneers will square off against the Mount Michael Benedictine Knights at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Fort Calhoun will be strutting in after a victory while Mount Michael Benedictine will be coming in after a loss.
Fort Calhoun is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat Pierce 47-14 on the road.
Fort Calhoun relied on the efforts of Kaiden Rodriguez, who gained 174 total yards and three touchdowns, and Adam Elofson, who threw for 197 yards and three touchdowns while completing 76.9% of his passes. Blake Welchert helped Elofson out on the ground, picking up 40 receiving yards and a touchdown, while also rushing for 35 yards.
Meanwhile, Mount Michael Benedictine came up short against Lakeview last Thursday and fell 24-14. While losing is never fun, the Knights can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska football rankings (they are ranked 86th, while the Vikings are ranked 18th).
Although Mount Michael Benedictine took the loss, they still got scores from Xavier Zimmerman and Ben Alessandro.
Fort Calhoun's win bumped their record up to 3-1. As for Mount Michael Benedictine, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-3.
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