The East Grand Rapids Pioneers will head out on the road to face off against the Forest Hills Central Rangers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
East Grand Rapids will head into Friday's contest hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big last Friday (they won by 45) but on Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. They skirted past Catholic Central 31-28. The Pioneers pushed the score to 31-7 by the end of the third, a deficit the Cougars cut but never quite recovered from.
East Grand Rapids can attribute much of their success to Leighton Kolk, who rushed for 82 yards and two touchdowns on only eight carries, and Carson Thornton, who threw for 112 yards and a touchdown while completing 72.7% of his passes. Kolk is becoming a predictor of East Grand Rapids' success: when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns the team is undefeated (and 2-3 when he doesn't).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Forest Hills Central). They put the hurt on Wyoming with a sharp 35-12 victory on Friday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.
The victory was the third in a row for East Grand Rapids, bringing their record for this year to 5-3. As for Forest Hills Central, their record now sits at 6-2.
East Grand Rapids might still be hurting after the 20-0 loss they got from Forest Hills Central when the teams last played back in September of 2023. Can East Grand Rapids avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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