The Towner-Granville-Upham Titans will head out on the road to face off against the Tioga Pirates at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Towner-Granville-Upham will be strutting in after a win while Tioga will be coming in after a loss.
Having struggled with nine defeats in a row dating back to last season, Towner-Granville-Upham finally turned things around against Dunseith on Thursday. They took their match on the road with ease, bagging a 54-14 victory over the Dragons. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Titans considering their eight-point performance the matchup before.
Towner-Granville-Upham got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Daiton Lawrence out in front who picked up 75 receiving yards and two touchdowns, and also rushed for 49 yards and a touchdown. Lawrence got the majority of those yards when he pulled down a pass and and took off for a gain of50 yards. Another rusher making a difference was Eduardo Guzman, who rushed for 82 yards and a touchdown.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 40 points the game before, Tioga was a bit more limited in their game on Friday. They took a 22-8 bruising from Divide County.
Towner-Granville-Upham's victory ended a three-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 1-1. As for Tioga, their loss dropped their record down to an identical 1-1.
Towner-Granville-Upham was taken down by Tioga 60-6 in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. Can Towner-Granville-Upham avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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