Romulus and Garden City are an even 5-5 against one another since September of 2015, but not for long. The Romulus Eagles will host the Garden City Cougars at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have allowed few points on average, (Romulus: 12, Garden City: 17.8) so any points scored will be well earned.
Romulus' usually-dominant defense will be looking to make up for Friday's struggle, when Crestwood offense got past them. Romulus took a 33-22 hit to the loss column at the hands of Crestwood on Friday. The defeat continues a trend for the Eagles in their matchups with the Chargers: they've now lost six in a row.
Despite the loss, Romulus got top-tier performance from Torrence Searcy, who rushed for 157 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 9.2 yards per carry, and also threw for 47 yards and a touchdown. That's the most rushing yards Searcy has posted since back in September of 2023.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Garden City challenged Melvindale on Friday. Garden City came out on top against Melvindale by a score of 25-12. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Cougars.
Romulus now has a losing record at 2-3. As for Garden City, their victory was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 4-1.
Romulus didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against Garden City when the teams last played back in August of 2023, but they still walked away with a 26-20 win. Will Romulus repeat their success, or does Garden City have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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