Football Preview: Union Wildcats vs. Farmington Knights
After two games on the road, Union is heading back home. They will host the Farmington Knights at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
It's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 41-7, which was the final score in Union's tilt against St. Clair on Friday. The Wildcats have struggled against the Bulldogs recently, as their game on Friday was their third consecutive lost matchup.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Farmington). They simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat Sikeston 45-6 at home. The matchup was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 24-0.
It was another big night for Kaesen Mcclain, who rushed for 169 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 8.9 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Josh Mccarthy, who rushed for 112 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Farmington was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 343 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 158 rushing yards in five consecutive contests.
Union's defeat dropped their record down to 0-5. As for Farmington, they now have a winning record of 3-2.
Union came up short against Farmington when the teams last played back in August of 2019, falling 23-13. Can Union avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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