After each having a week off, the Battle Creek Grizzlies and the Spring Hill Raiders will shake off the rust and duke it out at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Battle Creek will be strutting in after a win while Spring Hill will be coming in after a defeat.
Battle Creek is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Montgomery Central 40-16 last Friday. The high-scoring effort was just what the Grizzlies needed considering they were shut out in their previous game.
Colten Barba had an outrageously good game as he threw for 149 yards and a pair of touchdowns while completing 80% of his passes, and also rushed for 41 yards and one TD. Jackson Wells was another key player, picking up 92 receiving yards and a pair of scores.
Battle Creek didn't let much get past them through the air: they limited Montgomery Central to a completion percentage of just 50%. The team can thank Chris Lemming for the heroic effort on defense: he. Battle Creek has been improving in that area: they had allowed a completion percentage of 0.6 earlier this season, but they've only allowed one of 0.6 in their last three games.
Meanwhile, Spring Hill came up short against Dickson County last Saturday and fell 24-17.
Battle Creek will have to contain Lionel Brooks as he made an impact in Spring Hill's last game. He rushed for 113 yards and one TD on only 13 carries. The bulk of those rushing yards came from one huge play: a run that gained an incredible 57 yards.
Battle Creek's victory was their first in the district, bumping their district record up to 1-2 and their overall record up to 2-5. As for Spring Hill, their loss dropped their record down to 2-4.
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