Football Preview: Eastview Lightning vs. Shakopee Sabers
The Eastview Lightning will head out on the road to face off against the Shakopee Sabers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Eastview is no doubt hoping to put an end to a seven-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
Eastview is headed into the game out to prove that what happened against Eagan on Thursday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Eastview took a blow against Eagan, falling 34-7. While losing is never fun, the Lightning can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Minnesota football rankings (they are ranked 216th, while the Wildcats are ranked 65th).
Eastview wouldn't let Eagan keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Eastview can thank Kaleb Ngwendson and Curt Herrera for forcing both of them.
Meanwhile, Shakopee waltzed into their match on Thursday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They came out on top against the Bengals by a score of 29-20.
Eastview's loss dropped their record down to 2-6. As for Shakopee, their win bumped their record up to 7-1.
Eastview beat Shakopee 17-7 when the teams last played back in September of 2018. Will Eastview repeat their success, or does Shakopee have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
