The Civic Memorial Eagles will challenge the Mascoutah Indians at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Civic Memorial has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with four straight defeats, while Mascoutah will come in with four straight victories.
Civic Memorial is headed into the game out to prove that what happened against Highland on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. The Eagles lost 40-17 to the Bulldogs. The Eagles were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 28-3.
The loss doesn't tell the whole story though, as several players had good games. One of the most active was Luke Clouser, who rushed for 96 yards on only 13 carries, and also threw for 120 yards and one touchdown. Evan Spurgeon was another key back, rushing for 70 yards and one TD.
Meanwhile, Mascoutah hadn't done well against Triad recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Friday. The Indians walked away with a 16-7 win over the Knights. Those 16 points were actually the fewest the Indians have put up all season, but given the result they're probably not too concerned.
The critical scores for Mascoutah came from Camren Reed and Nygel Bowers.
Mascoutah's run defense was locked in: Triad could only muster two yards per carry. The team can thank Jordan Beck for the heroic effort on defense: he. Sadly, that's becoming something of a trend for Mascoutah; they were averaging 5.9yards per carry per game earlier this season, but in their last three contests they've fallen to only 4.8 per game.
Mascoutah didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Reed and Marcus Nobles. Nobles is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made five or more in each of the last three games he's played. Cameron Casey was another major factor on D, picking up two sacks and making seven total tackles.
Mascoutah's victory bumped their record up to 4-2. As for Civic Memorial, their loss dropped their record down to 1-5.
Civic Memorial was dealt a bruising 54-6 defeat at the hands of Mascoutah in their previous matchup back in September of 2024. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of the Indians' Sean Murphy, who rushed for 227 yards and four scores while picking up 8.4 yards per carry. Now that the Eagles know the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
