The Crestwood Chargers are taking a road trip to square off against the Romulus Eagles at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Crestwood's defense has only allowed 8.8 points per game this season, so Romulus' offense will have their work cut out for them.
Crestwood will head out to face Romulus after giving up their first home loss of the season on Friday. Crestwood fell to Garden City 16-10. Having soared to a lofty 69 points in the game before, the Chargers couldn't push the score so high this time.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Romulus). They took their match on the road on Friday with ease, bagging a 40-0 win over Melvindale. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Eagles considering their three-point performance the game before.
Torrence Searcy had an outrageously good game as he rushed for 80 yards and two touchdowns on only ten carries, and also threw for 133 yards and three touchdowns.
Romulus wouldn't let Melvindale keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Romulus can thank Marsean Curry and 8G88Hdkkvk Semajay Hayes for forcing both of them.
Crestwood's loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 2-2. As for Romulus, the victory made it two in a row for them and also bumps their season record up to 2-2.
Crestwood won a matchup that couldn't have been any closer in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, slipping by Romulus 37-36. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Searcy, who rushed for 150 yards and a touchdown while picking up 8.3 yards per carry, and also threw for 106 yards and two touchdowns. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Crestwood still be able to contain Searcy? There's only one way to find out.
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