The Centralia Orphans will challenge the Carbondale Terriers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Carbondale took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Centralia, who comes in off a win.
Centralia is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Granite City 49-6 at home on Friday.
Meanwhile, Carbondale was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They lost 44-21 to Cahokia. While losing is never fun, the Terriers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois football rankings (they are ranked 230th, while the Comanches are ranked 107th).
Despite the loss, Carbondale got top-tier performance from Demarzion Graham, who rushed for 86 yards and three touchdowns.
The win got Centralia back to even at 2-2. As for Carbondale, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-3.
Centralia came up short against Carbondale in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, falling 49-39. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Graham, who rushed for 138 yards and a touchdown on only 11 carries, and also picked up 73 receiving yards and a touchdown. Now that Centralia knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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