The Trinity Celtics will challenge the Sterling Black Bears at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Trinity will face Sterling after dropping another heartbreaker against Medicine Lodge on Friday, which marked the second time in a row the team's come within 3.1 of beating them. Trinity fell 13-0 to Medicine Lodge. The Celtics haven't had much luck with the Indians recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Sterling). They breezed by South Sumner [Caldwell/South Haven] at home to the tune of 55-18 on Friday. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory the Black Bears have posted since September 1, 2023.
Zane Farney was his usual excellent self, rushing for 300 yards and six touchdowns while picking up 17.6 yards per carry. His longest rush was for an incredible 72 yards. Sterling also got a significant boost from Wyatt Newberry, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 80 yards.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Sterling was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 552 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 184 rushing yards in 12 consecutive matchups dating back to last season.
Sterling didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Logan Isaac and Newberry.
Trinity now has a losing record at 3-4. As for Sterling, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a massive bump to their 4-3 record this season.
Trinity came up short against Sterling in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, falling 13-7. Can Trinity avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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