The Richmond Blue Devils will challenge the North Branch Broncos at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.
Richmond's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Armada on Friday. They had to suffer through a 42-0 loss at the hands of the Tigers. While losing is never fun, the Blue Devils can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Michigan football rankings (they are ranked 310th, while the Tigers are ranked 68th).
Meanwhile, after a string of three wins, North Branch's good fortune finally ran out on Friday. They took a 21-17 hit to the loss column at the hands of Croswell-Lexington. That makes it the first time this season the Broncos have let down their home crowd.
This is the second loss in a row for Richmond and nudges their season record down to 1-3. As for North Branch, their defeat was their first of the season and makes their record 3-1-1.
Richmond ended up a good deal behind North Branch in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, losing 21-7. Can Richmond avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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