Football Preview: Mark Twain Tigers vs. Wright City Wildcats
The Mark Twain Tigers will head out to challenge the Wright City Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Mark Twain is coming into the contest on a three-game losing streak.
Mark Twain will head into Friday's matchup ready to turn things around: they couldn't quite beat Van-Far on Friday, but the two-point margin was a huge improvement compared to the 22-point loss they were dealt two weeks ago. Mark Twain fell just short of Van-Far by a score of 28-26.
Meanwhile, the third road game was the charm for Wright City, as they earned their first road win of the season. They took their match on the road on Friday with ease, bagging a 49-14 victory over Louisiana. The Wildcats pushed the score to 35-14 by the end of the third, a deficit the Bulldogs had little chance of recovering from.
Duan McRoberts Jr. continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 178 yards and two touchdowns on only 14 carries, while also picking up 44 receiving yards and a touchdown. His longest rush was for an incredible 70 yards. Another player making a difference was Dayton Humphreys, who threw for 120 yards and two touchdowns while completing 85.7% of his passes.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Wright City was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 266 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 165 rushing yards in three consecutive contests.
Mark Twain's defeat dropped their record down to 1-3. As for Wright City, the win got them back to even at 2-2.
Mark Twain took a serious blow against Wright City when the teams last played back in September of 2023, falling 42-6. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of McRoberts Jr., who rushed for 71 yards and two touchdowns on only five carries, and also picked up 34 receiving yards and a touchdown. Now that Mark Twain knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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