Football Game Preview: Deer Creek-Mackinaw Chiefs vs. Shelbyville Rams

By Team Reports Sep 26, 2024, 12:28pm

Football Preview: Deer Creek-Mackinaw Chiefs vs. Shelbyville Rams

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The Deer Creek-Mackinaw Chiefs will take on the Shelbyville Rams at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.

It's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 49-14, which was the final score in Deer Creek-Mackinaw's tilt against Tri-Valley on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Chiefs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois football rankings (they are ranked 309th, while the Vikings are ranked 145th).

Although Deer Creek-Mackinaw took the loss, they still got scores from Max Eccles and Zack Day.

Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Shelbyville). They claimed a resounding 55-12 victory over Tremont on the road.

This is the second loss in a row for Deer Creek-Mackinaw and nudges their season record down to 2-2. As for Shelbyville, their win bumped their record up to 3-1.

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