Hill-McCloy has gone 6-1 against Chesaning recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Hill-McCloy Rams will head out to challenge the Chesaning Indians at 7:00 p.m. Both have allowed few points on average, (Hill-McCloy: 17, Chesaning: 13.2) so any points scored will be well earned.
Hill-McCloy's usually-dominant defense will be looking to make up for Friday's struggle, when Ovid-Elsie offense got past them. Hill-McCloy was dealt a 42-7 loss at the hands of Ovid-Elsie on Friday. The game marked the Rams' lowest-scoring match so far this season.
Meanwhile, Chesaning put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They came out on top against Birch Run by a score of 17-9. Given the Indians' advantage in MaxPreps' Michigan football rankings (they are ranked 117th, while the Panthers are ranked 274th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Chesaning can attribute much of their success to Maxwell Volk, who rushed for 52 yards and two touchdowns, and Landon Qualls, who rushed for 89 yards on only seven carries. An impressive showing, but Qualls really ramped things up playing D: he picked up two sacks and made eight total tackles.
Chesaning's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Volk and Adam Woodcock.
The defeat snapped Hill-McCloy's winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 3-2 record. As for Chesaning, they pushed their record up to 5-0 with the victory, which was their third straight at home.
Hill-McCloy came up short against Chesaning in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, falling 16-6. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Chesaning's Brayden Florian, who rushed for 241 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 8.0 yards per carry. Now that Hill-McCloy 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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