The Whitehall Vikings will square off against the Montague Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Last Friday, Whitehall lost to Zeeland West at home by a 60-43 margin. While losing is never fun, the Vikings can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Michigan football rankings (they are ranked 112th, while the Dux are ranked seventh).
Meanwhile, everything came up roses for Montague at home against Orchard View on Friday as the squad secured a 55-14 victory. The Wildcats pushed the score to 41-14 by the end of the third, a deficit the Cardinals had little chance of recovering from.
Montague's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Devlin Dean led the charge by rushing for 152 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 9.5 yards per carry. Another back making a difference was Fletcher Thommen, who rushed for 64 yards and three touchdowns.
Montague's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Jack Degen and Cooper Bradley.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Montague was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 393 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since was before the start of last season.
Whitehall now has a losing record at 1-2. As for Montague, they now have a winning record of 2-1.
Everything came up roses for Whitehall against Montague in their previous meeting back in September of 2023 as the team secured a 35-0 win. Does Whitehall have another victory up their sleeve, or will Montague turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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