East Lansing is on a eight-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while DeWitt is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The East Lansing Trojans will host the DeWitt Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. 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 claimed a resounding 51-0 victory over Okemos on the road. Given the Trojans' advantage in MaxPreps' Michigan football rankings (they are ranked 44th, while the Wolves are ranked 325th), the result on Friday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, DeWitt beat Hurricane 70-63 on Friday.
It was another big night for Elliott Larner, who rushed for 279 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 14.0 yards per carry, and also threw 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.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: DeWitt was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 498 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
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 matchup against DeWitt when the teams last played back in September of 2023, but they still walked away with a 40-34 win. Does East Lansing have another victory up their sleeve, or will DeWitt turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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