Football Preview: Mascoutah Indians vs. Jersey Panthers
Mascoutah and Jersey are an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2015, but not for long. The Mascoutah Indians will look to defend their home field on Friday against the Jersey Panthers at 7:00 p.m. Mascoutah is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 28.8 points per game this season.
Last Friday, Mascoutah ended up a good deal behind Triad and lost 37-22. While losing is never fun, the Indians can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois football rankings (they are ranked 217th, while the Knights are ranked 70th).
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Baruk Jonsson and Isaac Ackerman. Ackerman had a great game and rushed for 133 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.8 yards per carry. Meanwhile, Jonsson was balling out in the loss, rushing for 88 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 carries, while also throwing for 184 yards and a touchdown.
Even though they lost, Mascoutah was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 229 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 175 rushing yards in four consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, a win for Jersey just wasn't in the cards on Friday as the team wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They were beaten by Waterloo 50-15. The Panthers haven't had much luck with the Bulldogs recently, as the team's come up short the last five times they've met.
Mascoutah's loss was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 2-4. As for Jersey, their defeat dropped their record down to an identical 2-4.
Mascoutah lost to Jersey at home by a decisive 33-14 margin in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. Will Mascoutah have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check back here after the action for a full breakdown and analysis of the contest.
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