The Firelands Falcons are taking a road trip to square off against the Clearview Clippers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are strolling into their contests after big wins in their previous games.
Firelands' defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They blew past Brookside 28-0 at home. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Falcons.
Meanwhile, Clearview put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They put the hurt on Wellington with a sharp 42-19 victory. Given the Clippers' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio football rankings (they are ranked 183rd, while the Dukes are ranked 566th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Cy Christensen had an outrageously good game as he threw for 226 yards and three touchdowns while completing 72.7% of his passes, and also rushed for 34 yards. Jg Hill was Christensen's top target, picking up 74 receiving yards and a touchdown, while also rushing for 35 yards.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Clearview was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 228 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.
Firelands' win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 2-4. As for Clearview, they pushed their record up to 5-0 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road.
Firelands couldn't quite finish off Clearview when the teams last played back in September of 2023 and fell 19-16. Can Firelands avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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