Football Preview: Mayer Lutheran Crusaders vs. New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva Panthers
The Mayer Lutheran Crusaders will challenge the New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many points in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Last Friday, Mayer Lutheran came up short against St. Clair/Loyola and fell 14-7.
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 42-6, which was the final score in New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva's tilt against Central on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Minnesota football rankings (they are ranked 247th, while the Raiders are ranked 77th).
Mayer Lutheran's loss dropped their record down to 0-2. As for New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva, their defeat dropped their record down to an identical 0-2.
Everything went Mayer Lutheran's way against New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva in their previous meeting back in September of 2023 as Mayer Lutheran made off with a 34-12 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Mayer Lutheran since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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