The Mount Michael Benedictine Knights are taking a road trip to challenge the Fort Calhoun Pioneers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Last Thursday, Mount Michael Benedictine came up short against Lakeview and fell 24-14. While losing is never fun, the Knights can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska football rankings (they are ranked 86th, while the Vikings are ranked 18th).
Although Mount Michael Benedictine took the loss, they still got scores from Xavier Zimmerman and Ben Alessandro.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Fort Calhoun). They blew past Pierce 47-14 on the road on Friday.
Fort Calhoun relied on the efforts of Kaiden Rodriguez, who gained 174 total yards and three touchdowns, and Adam Elofson, who threw for 197 yards and three touchdowns while completing 76.9% of his passes. Blake Welchert helped Elofson out on the ground, picking up 40 receiving yards and a touchdown, while also rushing for 35 yards.
Mount Michael Benedictine's defeat dropped their record down to 1-3. As for Fort Calhoun, their victory bumped their record up to 3-1.
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