East Lansing has won eight straight games at home (dating back to last season), while DeWitt has won eight straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Friday. The East Lansing Trojans will welcome the DeWitt Panthers at 7:00 p.m. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
East Lansing is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Okemos 51-0 on the road on Friday. Given the Trojans' advantage in MaxPreps' Michigan football rankings (they are ranked 44th, while the Wolves are ranked 325th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, DeWitt was able to grind out a solid victory over Hurricane on Friday, taking the game 70-63.
Elliott Larner continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 279 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 14.0 yards per carry, and also throwing for 129 yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Abram Larner was Elliott's top target, picking up 55 receiving yards and a touchdown, while also rushing for 53 yards on only five carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: DeWitt was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 498 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 229 rushing yards in four consecutive matches.
East Lansing's win bumped their record up to 3-1. As for DeWitt, their victory bumped their record up to 4-0.
East Lansing didn't have too much breathing room in their matchup against DeWitt in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, but they still walked away with a 40-34 win. Does East Lansing have another victory up their sleeve, or will DeWitt turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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