The Bowling Green Bobcats will square off against the Anthony Wayne Generals at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Having struggled with four losses in a row dating back to last season, Bowling Green finally turned things around against Fostoria on Friday. They took their game at home with ease, bagging a 49-6 victory over the Redmen. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Bobcats considering their seven-point performance the matchup before.
Meanwhile, Anthony Wayne never let their opponents score on Friday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat St. John's Jesuit 34-0 on the road. Given the Generals' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio football rankings (they are ranked 56th, while the Titans are ranked 218th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Anthony Wayne had a senior duo take command as Braden Gardner gained 202 total yards and three touchdowns and Grant Kinnee rushed for 75 yards and two touchdowns on only ten carries. Gardner got the majority of those yards when he took off on a run and that went for an incredible87 yards.
The win got Bowling Green back to even at 1-1. As for Anthony Wayne, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 2-0.
Bowling Green was taken down by Anthony Wayne 35-6 when the teams last played back in September of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Kinnee, who rushed for 145 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries, and also threw for 53 yards and two touchdowns while completing 71.4% of his passes. Now that Bowling Green knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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