Football Preview: St. John Tigers vs. Macksville Mustangs
St. John is 2-8 against Macksville since October of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The St. John Tigers will face off against the Macksville Mustangs at 7:00 p.m. St. John will be strutting in after a victory while Macksville will be coming in after a defeat.
St. John is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Stafford 60-14 at home on Friday. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Tigers considering their six-point performance the matchup before.
Meanwhile, Macksville was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They were dealt a 58-0 defeat at the hands of Victoria. While losing is never fun, the Mustangs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Kansas football rankings (they are ranked 56th, while the Knights are ranked fourth).
St. John's win ended a seven-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 3-4. As for Macksville, they now also have a losing record at 3-4.
St. John was taken down by Macksville 48-0 when the teams last played back in September of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Macksville's Hector Gomez, who rushed for 231 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 9.6 yards per carry, and also picked up 56 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Now that St. John knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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