Football Game Recap: Riverview Gardens Takes a Loss

By Team Reports Sep 15, 2024, 8:42am

Football Recap: Riverview Gardens Rams vs. Mascoutah Indians

Suggested Video

Riverview Gardens was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their eighth straight defeat. They were dealt a 35-0 loss at the hands of the Mascoutah Indians. The result was an unpleasant reminder to the Rams of the 29-6 defeat they experienced in the pair's previous head-to-head fixture back in September of 2023.

Baruk Jonsson had a dynamite game for Mascoutah, rushing for 111 yards and two touchdowns on only ten carries, while also throwing for 130 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave Jonsson a new career-high in rushing yards. 96 of those passing yards were hauled in by Camren Reed, who also brought in a receiving touchdown.

Riverview Gardens' loss dropped their record down to 0-3. As for Mascoutah, their win ended a five-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 1-2.

Riverview Gardens will have plenty of time to ponder what went wrong as they've got a bye scheduled next week. After, they'll take on Normandy at 11:00 a.m. on September 28th. As for Mascoutah, they will face off against Highland at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.

Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps