Football Game Preview: Sparks Railroaders vs. South Tahoe Vikings

By Team Reports Oct 8, 2024, 7:55am

Football Preview: Sparks Railroaders vs. South Tahoe Vikings

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Sparks is 2-7 against South Tahoe since October of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Sparks Railroaders will host the South Tahoe Vikings at 7:00 p.m. Given that both suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.

Sparks is headed into Friday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their fourth straight game on Friday. They took a blow against Elko, falling 62-21. While losing is never fun, the Railroaders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Nevada football rankings (they are ranked 62nd, while the Indians are ranked 14th).

Meanwhile, South Tahoe and Spring Creek met for a duel on Friday where South Tahoe had to take the L. South Tahoe fell 15-6 to Spring Creek. The Vikings haven't had much luck with the Spartans recently, as the team's come up short the last eight times they've met.

Sparks' loss dropped their record down to 1-6. As for South Tahoe, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-5.

Sparks didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against South Tahoe in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, but they still walked away with a 6-0 victory. Will Sparks repeat their success, or does South Tahoe have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.

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