The Birch Run Panthers will head out to take on the Ovid-Elsie Marauders at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Ovid-Elsie took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on Birch Run, who comes in off a win.
Birch Run's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They blew past Chesaning 49-0. The score at the end of the third wound up being the final score as the Panthers just coasted through the last quarter.
For whatever reason, it's the away team that's had the advantage when Ovid-Elsie and Montrose meet (three straight games heading into this one) and that held true again on Friday. The Marauders fell 14-10 to the Rams. Having soared to a lofty 31 points in the game before, the Marauders couldn't push the score so high this time.
Birch Run now has a winning record of 3-2. As for Ovid-Elsie, their loss was their first in the league, dropping their league record down to 3-1 and their overall record down to 3-2.
Birch Run ended up a good deal behind Ovid-Elsie in their previous meeting back in October of 2024, losing 30-14. Thankfully for the Panthers, Tryce Tokar (who rushed for 86 yards and a pair of scores on only ten carries, and also threw for 131 yards on nine of 15 attempts) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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