Marion-Franklin has gone 9-1 against Africentric Early College recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Marion-Franklin Red Devils will look to defend their home field against the Africentric Early College Nubians at 7:00 p.m.
Last Thursday, Marion-Franklin was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap as they fell 20-14 to Walnut Ridge. While losing is never fun, the Red Devils can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio football rankings (they are ranked 478th, while the Scots are ranked 212th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Africentric Early College). They breezed by West at home to the tune of 42-6 on Friday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.
Caleb Anthony continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 213 yards and four touchdowns on only seven carries, while also picking up 42 receiving yards. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Africentric Early College was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 281 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Marion-Franklin's defeat dropped their record down to 1-5. As for Africentric Early College, the victory got them back to even at 3-3.
Marion-Franklin strolled past Africentric Early College in their previous matchup back in September of 2023 by a score of 20-6. Does Marion-Franklin have another victory up their sleeve, or will Africentric Early College turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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