Walled Lake Central extended their losing streak to five on Friday, dropping them down to 2-6. They lost 41-19 to the Milford Mavericks. 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 305th, while the Mavericks are ranked 147th).
Majd Abdalla threw for 173 yards and one TD. Eric McFarland was his top target, picking up 30 receiving yards. On the ground, Amar Ellis rushed for 30 yards.
As for Milford, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games. That's provided a massive bump to their 4-4 record this season. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to yards per carry: they averaged an imposing 6.83 yards per carry in those games compared to only 3.58 in the others.
Hudson Smith produced another solid effort throwing for 295 yards and four touchdowns. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in rushing yards (22). Zachary Tegler also helped with two scores in total.
Walled Lake Central has already played their next matchup, a 63-21 defeat against Walled Lake Western on the 24th. As for Milford, they also didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next contest, a 45-31 loss against Lakeland on the 24th.
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