ALBION - Battle Creek dominated time of possession on Friday, rolling to a 27-7 road victory over rival Boone Central on Friday.

The Braves used mostly run plays to control the tempo from the opening drive. Battle Creek had two scoring drives of 90-plus yards, keeping the Cardinals offense off the field for most of the game.

Boone Central already came in short-handed, having to go to tailback Brogan Benes at quarterback after usual starter Jacob Miller suffered an injury during the week. The Cardinals were also without all-state North Dakota State-commit Thomas Roberts on the line.

Battle Creek improves to 3-0 for the second straight season. Friday was their first win over rival Boone Central since 2020. The 27 points was the most they've scored against the Cardinals in at least 20 years.

SCORING SUMMARY

BATTLE CREEK (3-0)     -  7  6  0 14 - 27

BOONE CENTRAL (1-2) -  0  7  0  0 -  7

1ST QUARTER

6:37 - Aden Pochop (Battle Creek) 1-yd TD run (XP good)

2ND QUARTER

5:50 - Jaxon Mettler (Battle Creek) 11-yd TD run (XP no good)

0:23 - Brogan Benes (Boone Central) 1-yd TD run (XP good)

4TH QUARTER

11:08 - Jaxon Mettler (Battle Creek) 2-yd run (XP good)

8:40 - Jaxon Mettler (Battle Creek) 69-yd TD pass to Aden Pochop (XP good)

INDIVIDUAL STATS

BATTLE CREEK

RUSHING

- Wyatt Nierodzik: 16 carries, 86 yds

- Jaxon Mettler: 12 carries, 55 yds, 2 TD

- Aden Pochop: 3 carries, 20 yds, 1 TD

- Casey Schnebel: 12 carries, 69 yds

PASSING

- Jaxon Mettler: 5-of-5, 85 yds, 1 TD

RECEIVING

- Casey Schnebel: 2 rec, 9 yds

- Wyatt Nierodzik: 1 rec, 6 yds

- Aden Pochop: 2 rec, 70 yds, 1 TD

BOONE CENTRAL

RUSHING

- Brogan Benes: 21 carries, 90 yds, 1 TD

- Cody Andreasen: 1 carry, 2 yds

- Daron Dozler: 7 carries, 15 yds

- Jude Spann: 2 carries, 1 yd

- Jaden Hagemann: 1 carry, 4 yds

- Kade Hudson: 1 carry, -1 yd

- Kaden Miller: 1 carry, -12 yds

PASSING

- Brogan Benes: 2-of-6, 48 yds

- Kaden Miller: 2-of-4, 49 yds

RECEIVING

- Cody Andreasen: 1 rec, 29 yds

- Jaden Hagemann: 2 rec, 48 yds

- Jude Spann: 1 rec, 20 yds