The Ovid-Elsie Marauders will face off against the Birch Run Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Ovid-Elsie knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 31 points or more in their past five games -- so hopefully Birch Run likes a good challenge.
Ovid-Elsie's offense will try to repeat the strong performance it gave on Friday, when they got past Hill-McCloy's usually-dominant defense. Ovid-Elsie beat Hill-McCloy by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 42-7. With the Marauders ahead 21-0 at the half, the contest was all but over already.
Meanwhile, Birch Run came up short against Chesaning on Friday and fell 17-9. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Michigan football rankings (they are ranked 274th, while the Indians are ranked 117th).
Ovid-Elsie's win bumped their record up to 5-0. As for Birch Run, they now have a losing record at 2-3.
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