The Lake Linden-Hubbell Lakes will challenge the North Central Jets at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Lake Linden-Hubbell will roll into the contest after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up 12 points on October 11th, then bounced right back against Ontonagon on Friday. The Lakes blew past the Gladiators 48-22. The victory continues a trend for the Lakes in their matchups with the Gladiators: they've now won four in a row.
Meanwhile, North Central made easy work of Forest Park on Friday and carried off a 50-30 win. The Jets might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five games by 20 points or more this season.
A big part of North Central's victory came down to the chemistry between Ben Stage and his top target Riley Cretens. Stage threw for 193 yards and four TDs on only 14 passes while Cretens gained 176 total yards and four touchdowns. Cretens' longest reception was for an impressive 54 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per catch total. Kaden Malone was another key player, gaining 58 total yards and two touchdowns.
Lake Linden-Hubbell's win bumped their record up to 6-2. As for North Central, their victory bumped their record up to 7-2.
Lake Linden-Hubbell strolled past North Central in their previous meeting on October 3rd by a score of 52-34. Will the Lakes repeat their success, or do the Jets have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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