The Calvert Senecas are on the road again on Friday to play the Gibsonburg Golden Bears at 7:00 p.m. Gibsonburg took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Calvert, who comes in off a win.
Calvert's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They blew past Lakota 28-0 on the road. Given the Senecas' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio football rankings (they are ranked 261st, while the Raiders are ranked 584th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Cal Warnement continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 176 yards and three touchdowns. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Calvert also got a significant boost from Nolan Lee, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 95 yards.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Calvert was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 265 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, while it was Gibsonburg who put the first points on the board on Friday, it was Hopewell-Loudon who put up more. Gibsonburg took a 27-14 hit to the loss column at the hands of Hopewell-Loudon. The Golden Bears have struggled against the Chieftains recently, as their game on Friday was their fifth consecutive lost matchup.
Calvert's win bumped their record up to 3-1. As for Gibsonburg, their loss dropped their record down to 2-2.
Calvert strolled past Gibsonburg when the teams last played back in September of 2023 by a score of 42-25. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Gibsonburg's Aiden Morant, who rushed for 51 yards and a touchdown on only six carries, and also picked up 30 receiving yards and a touchdown. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Calvert still be able to contain Morant? There's only one way to find out.
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