East Lansing has won eight straight games at home (dating back to last season), while DeWitt has won eight straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Friday. The East Lansing Trojans will welcome the DeWitt Panthers at 7:00 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
East Lansing is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed by Okemos on the road to the tune of 51-0 on Friday. Given the Trojans' advantage in MaxPreps' Michigan football rankings (they are ranked 44th, while the Wolves are ranked 325th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, DeWitt was able to grind out a solid victory over Hurricane on Friday, taking the game 70-63.
Elliott Larner continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 279 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 14.0 yards per carry, and also throwing for 129 yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Abram Larner was Elliott's top target, picking up 55 receiving yards and a touchdown, while also rushing for 53 yards on only five carries.
East Lansing's win bumped their record up to 3-1. As for DeWitt, their victory bumped their record up to 4-0.
East Lansing didn't have too much breathing room in their match against DeWitt in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, but they still walked away with a 40-34 win. Will East Lansing repeat their success, or does DeWitt have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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