The Lisbon Broncos will square off against the Central Cass Squirrels at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Lisbon is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of North Dakota's top teams: Kindred, who was ranked first in their home state at the time (Lisbon was ranked 17th). Lisbon had to suffer through a 48-0 loss at the hands of Kindred. The defeat continues a trend for the Broncos in their matchups with the Vikings: they've now lost nine in a row.
Meanwhile, Central Cass put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They blew past Northern Cass 42-20. Given the Squirrels' advantage in MaxPreps' North Dakota football rankings (they are ranked fourth, while the Jaguars are ranked 33rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Having lost for the first time this season, Lisbon fell to 2-1. As for Central Cass, they pushed their record up to 3-0 with that victory, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season.
Lisbon was taken down by Central Cass 55-0 when the teams last played back in September of 2023. Thankfully for Lisbon, Brayden Mitchell (who threw for 181 yards and two touchdowns while completing 91.7% of his passes, and also rushed for 38 yards) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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