East Lansing has won eight straight games at home (dating back to last season), while DeWitt has won eight straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Friday. The East Lansing Trojans will host the DeWitt Panthers at 7:00 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
East Lansing is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They really took it to Okemos for the full four quarters, racking up a 51-0 win on the road. Given the Trojans' advantage in MaxPreps' Michigan football rankings (they are ranked 44th, while the Wolves are ranked 325th), the result on Friday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, DeWitt beat Hurricane 70-63 on Friday.
It was another big night for Elliott Larner, who rushed for 279 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 14.0 yards per carry, and also threw for 129 yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Abram Larner was Elliott's top target, picking up 55 receiving yards and a touchdown, while also rushing for 53 yards on only five carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: DeWitt was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 498 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 229 rushing yards in four consecutive contests.
East Lansing's victory bumped their record up to 3-1. As for DeWitt, their win bumped their record up to 4-0.
East Lansing didn't have too much breathing room in their game against DeWitt when the teams last played back in September of 2023, but they still walked away with a 40-34 victory. Does East Lansing have another victory up their sleeve, or will DeWitt turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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