The Mount Michael Benedictine Knights will venture away from home to square off against the Fort Calhoun Pioneers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Last Thursday, Mount Michael Benedictine came up short against Lakeview and fell 24-14. While losing is never fun, the Knights can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska football rankings (they are ranked 86th, while the Vikings are ranked 18th).
Although Mount Michael Benedictine took the loss, they still got scores from Xavier Zimmerman and Ben Alessandro.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Fort Calhoun). They took their contest on the road on Friday with ease, bagging a 47-14 win over Pierce.
Kaiden Rodriguez and Adam Elofson were among the main playmakers for Fort Calhoun as the former gained 174 total yards and three touchdowns and the latter threw for 197 yards and three touchdowns while completing 76.9% of his passes. Blake Welchert helped Elofson out on the ground, picking up 40 receiving yards and a touchdown, while also rushing for 35 yards.
Mount Michael Benedictine's defeat dropped their record down to 1-3. As for Fort Calhoun, their victory bumped their record up to 3-1.
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