PICKFORD – Pickford will have a shot to win a third consecutive football regional title on Friday night.

However, they’ll have to do it without their biggest offensive playmaker.

Senior quarterback Gunner Bennin , who starred for the Panthers in an MHSAA 8-Player Division 1 regional semifinal victory over Inland Lakes last Friday , won’t play at the No. 2 Norway Knights after suffering a lacerated kidney injury during the matchup against the Bulldogs.

“He’s done so much for this program and just sacrificing,” Pickford coach Josh Rader said of Bennin. “He’s been on the varsity since he was a sophomore, playing on some really good teams, including this really good team that we have this year, and he’s been a pivotal part of that. He’s going to obviously be greatly missed, and he’ll lea

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