The Centennial Stars will head out to challenge the East Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Centennial will head into Friday's game ready to turn things around: they lost a close one when they played last Thursday but unfortunately for them the defeat they were handed on Friday was a bit more commanding. They were outmatched by Grandview Heights at home and fell 49-6. While losing is never fun, the Stars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio football rankings (they are ranked 555th, while the Bobcats are ranked 230th).
Meanwhile, East entered their tilt with Beechcroft on Friday with six consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with seven. They put the hurt on the Cougars with a sharp 50-25 victory. The result was nothing new for the Tigers, who have now won six matches by 25 points or more so far this season.
Ta'John Royster went supernova for East, rushing for 158 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 9.9 yards per carry. Those 158 rushing yards gave Royster a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Aaron Britford, who rushed for 125 yards and a touchdown on only 11 carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: East was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 362 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Centennial dropped their record down to 2-6 with the loss, which was their third straight at home. As for East, their record is now 8-1.
Centennial was dealt a bruising 38-6 defeat at the hands of East when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Can Centennial avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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