Football Preview: Routt Catholic/Lutheran vs. Unity/Seymour Mustangs
Routt Catholic/Lutheran will head out to challenge the Unity/Seymour Mustangs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Routt Catholic/Lutheran has three straight wins, Unity/Seymour has five straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Last Saturday, Routt Catholic/Lutheran was fully in charge, breezing past Beardstown 41-8 at home. Given Routt Catholic/Lutheran's advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois football rankings (they are ranked 220th, while Beardstown is ranked 453rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Routt Catholic/Lutheran to victory, but perhaps none more so than Charlie Alan, who rushed for 149 yards and two touchdowns on only nine carries. Alan got the majority of those rushing yards when he took off on a run that went for an incredible 85 yards. Another passer making a difference was Kellen Creviston, who threw for 254 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 11.5 yards per attempt.
Meanwhile, Unity/Seymour had to suffer through a 35-6 loss at the hands of Camp Point Central.
Routt Catholic/Lutheran's victory bumped their record up to 3-1. As for Unity/Seymour, their loss dropped their record down to 0-4.
Routt Catholic/Lutheran came up short against Unity/Seymour when the teams last played back in September of 2023, falling 32-26. Can Routt Catholic/Lutheran avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
