The Calumet Copper Kings will take on the Kingsley Stags at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Kingsley will challenge a team with plenty of momentum: Calumet extended their winning streak to four on Friday. The Copper Kings took their game with ease, bagging a 42-8 victory over L'Anse. Given the Copper Kings' advantage in MaxPreps' Michigan football rankings (they are ranked 191st, while the Purple Hornets are ranked 401st) , the win wasn't entirely unexpected.
Trent Anderson
| 10/24/25 @ L'Anse | 94 |
| 09/19/25 vs Menominee | 56 |
| 08/28/25 @ West Iron County | 56 |
| 10/03/25 vs Houghton | 54 |
| 09/12/25 @ Negaunee | 46 |
Trent Anderson was nothing short of spectacular: he rushed for 94 yards and a pair of touchdowns on only seven carries. Those 94 rushing yards gave him a new career-high. Ben Anderson helped out on the ground, rushing for 106 yards and a rushing touchdown.
Calumet's run defense was locked in: L'Anse could only muster 2.6 yards per carry. The team can thank Sawyer Berg for the heroic effort on defense: he. That's the most yards per carry they've managed all season.
Calumet didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Andrew Junttila and Anderson.
Meanwhile, Kingsley's offense rose to the challenge against a Rayders defense that boasted an average of only 11.22 points allowed on Friday. The Stags were the clear victors by a 44-18 margin over Charlevoix.
Calumet's record now sits at 7-2. As for Kingsley, their record is now an identical 7-2.
Friday's contest might be decided in the trenches. Calumet has been unstoppable on the ground this season, having averaged 193.9 rushing yards per game. It's a different story for Kingsley, though, as they've been averaging only 21.4 rushing yards. How will they fare against such a dominant running game?
Calumet was dealt a bruising 51-15 defeat at the hands of Kingsley when the teams last played back in November of 2024. Can the Copper Kings avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
