Blaine and Centennial are an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2014, but not for long. The Blaine Bengals will look to take advantage of their home-field for the first time this season as they take on the Centennial Cougars at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are strolling into their contests after big wins in their previous games.
Blaine is coming home in high spirits after they had to open their season on the road against St. Michael-Albertville. Everything went Blaine's way against St. Michael-Albertville on Thursday as Blaine made off with a 30-10 victory. The Bengals pushed the score to 30-3 by the end of the third, a deficit the Knights cut but never quite recovered from.
Sam Shaughessy was nothing short of spectacular: he rushed for 191 yards and a touchdown while picking up 9.6 yards per carry, and also threw for 135 yards and a touchdown while completing 87.5% of his passes. He was no stranger to the big play, taking off on a dash that went for 67 yards. Another player making a difference was Zach Larson, who rushed for 99 yards and a touchdown on only 14 carries.
Meanwhile, Centennial came tearing into Thursday's matchup with ten straight wins dating back to last season (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 19.5 points) and they left with even more momentum. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the Cardinals 42-0 on the road. Given the Cougars' advantage in MaxPreps' Minnesota football rankings (they are ranked 15th, while the Cardinals are ranked 136th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Blaine might still be hurting after the 45-20 defeat they got from Centennial in their previous matchup back in September of 2023. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Blaine was down 28-7.
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