East Grand Rapids is 5-0 against Northview since October of 2020, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The East Grand Rapids Pioneers will welcome the Northview Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. After the two teams made easy work of their previous opponents, one won't be so lucky on Friday.
East Grand Rapids is headed into the matchup after thoroughly thrashing Christian: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that East Grand Rapids blew Christian out of the water with a 42-6 final score. With the Pioneers ahead 28-0 at the half, the game was all but over already.
Tyler Blake was nothing short of spectacular: he rushed for 170 yards and two touchdowns on only 11 carries. Carson Thornton was another key player, throwing for 104 yards and a touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, East Grand Rapids was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 342 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since was before the start of last season.
Meanwhile, Northview put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They really took it to Sparta for the full four quarters, racking up a 42-14 victory at home. Given the Wildcats' advantage in MaxPreps' Michigan football rankings (they are ranked 65th, while the Spartans are ranked 204th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
East Grand Rapids now has a winning record of 2-1. As for Northview, their win bumped their record up to 3-0.
East Grand Rapids didn't have too much breathing room in their match against Northview when the teams last played back in September of 2023, but they still walked away with a 14-10 victory. Does East Grand Rapids have another victory up their sleeve, or will Northview turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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