Armada and North Branch are an even 3-3 against one another since August of 2018, but not for long. The Armada Tigers have the luxury of staying home for another week and will welcome the North Branch Broncos at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have allowed few points on average, (Armada: 9.3, North Branch: 7.7) so any points scored will be well earned.
Armada is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering Almont just ended the team's five-game winning streak on Friday. They were just a hair shy of victory and fell 29-28 to the Raiders. That makes it the first time this season the Tigers have let down their home crowd.
Armada might have lost, but man, Jackson Malburg was a machine: he rushed for 236 yards and a touchdown. Another back making a difference was Logan Chunn, who rushed for 35 yards and two touchdowns.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Armada was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 282 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 167 rushing yards in seven consecutive matchups dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, North Branch won against Richmond last Friday with 28 points and they decided to stick to that point total again on Friday. North Branch took down Yale 28-14. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Broncos.
Having lost for the first time this season, Armada fell to 5-1. As for North Branch, their win bumped their record up to 5-1-1.
Armada came out on top in a nail-biter against North Branch in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, sneaking past 22-19. Will Armada repeat their success, or does North Branch have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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