Clio is on a five-game streak of home losses dating back to last season, Lakeville a three-game streak of away losses, but someone's luck is about to change on Friday. The Clio Mustangs will host the Lakeville Falcons at 7:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Clio is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. The match between them and Holly wasn't particularly close, with Clio falling 42-28. While the Mustangs didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Bronchos 8-7 in the first quarter.
Despite the defeat, Clio got top-tier performance from D'Marion Erlenbeck, who rushed for 172 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 9.1 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave Erlenbeck a new career-high in rushing yards. Backing up that air attack was Patrick Metcalfe, who rushed for 90 yards.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Clio was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 262 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, a victory for Lakeville just wasn't in the cards on Friday as the team wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They were beaten by Birch Run 75-12.
Clio's loss dropped their record down to 0-8. As for Lakeville, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-7.
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