Football Preview: Carterville Lions vs. St. Joseph-Ogden Spartans
The Carterville Lions will head out to square off against the St. Joseph-Ogden Spartans at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Carterville comes in on three and St. Joseph-Ogden on four.
Carterville is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed by Herrin on the road to the tune of 49-20 on Friday. Given the Lions' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois football rankings (they are ranked 143rd, while the Tigers are ranked 342nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, St. Joseph-Ogden strolled past Illinois Valley Central with points to spare on Friday, taking the game 42-28.
It was another big night for KODEY MCKINNEY, who rushed for 33 yards and two touchdowns, and also threw for 230 yards and a touchdown while completing 85.7% of his passes. A healthy portion of that aerial production (112 yards to be exact) went to Coy Taylor.
Carterville's win bumped their record up to 3-1. As for St. Joseph-Ogden, they pushed their record up to 4-0 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road.
Carterville didn't have too much breathing room in their matchup against St. Joseph-Ogden in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, but they still walked away with a 32-28 win. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was St. Joseph-Ogden's Logan Smith, who rushed for 84 yards and two touchdowns, and also threw for 341 yards and two touchdowns while completing 71.4% of his passes. Now that he won't be playing on Friday, will it be easier for Carterville to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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