Football Preview: Ness City Eagles vs. St. Francis Indians
The Ness City Eagles will take on the St. Francis Indians at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Ness City is coming into the contest on a four-game losing streak.
Ness City is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against LaCrosse on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Ness City had to suffer through a 54-8 loss at the hands of LaCrosse. That's two games in a row now that the Eagles have lost by exactly 46 points.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask St. Francis). They blew past Stockton 57-6 on Friday. The result was nothing new for the Indians, who have now won four matches by 48 points or more so far this season.
Lucas Raile was his usual excellent self, throwing for 184 yards and seven touchdowns, while also rushing for 62 yards on only seven carries. Dayton Fromholtz was another key player, picking up 102 receiving yards and four touchdowns.
St. Francis didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Layn Todd and Asher Robbins.
Ness City's loss dropped their record down to 1-7. As for St. Francis, the win snapped their losing streak at four games and leaves them with a 4-4 record.
Ness City was taken down by St. Francis 54-0 when the teams last played back in November of 2016. Can Ness City avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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