The Michigan City Wolves will head out to take on the Merrillville Pirates at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Michigan City's defense has only allowed 15.4 points per game this season, so Merrillville's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Michigan City might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 20-14 to Valparaiso, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior. The Wolves haven't had much luck with the Vikings recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
Meanwhile, Merrillville didn't have too much trouble with Portage on the road on Friday as they won 27-13.
Merrillville's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged three passes before it was all said and done. It was truly a group effort as John Peters, Trenton Nixon, and Michael Williams picked up one apiece. Nixon also set a new season high mark in total tackles with seven.
Michigan City's loss dropped their record down to 1-4. As for Merrillville, they pushed their record up to 3-1 with that win, which was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season.
Things could have been worse for Michigan City, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 17-0 loss to Merrillville when the teams last played back in September of 2023. Can Michigan City avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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