Football Game Preview: Bishop McGuinness Fighting Irish vs. Duncan Demons

By Team Reports Oct 13, 2024, 10:17pm

Football Preview: Bishop McGuinness Fighting Irish vs. Duncan Demons

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Bishop McGuinness has enjoyed the comforts of home their last three games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will venture away from home to face off against the Duncan Demons at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.

Bishop McGuinness is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 63 points back in September, they were much more limited against Midwest City on Friday. They fell just short of the Bombers by a score of 14-11. The game marked the Fighting Irish's lowest-scoring contest so far this season.

Meanwhile, a win for Duncan just wasn't in the cards on Friday as the team wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They took a blow against MacArthur, falling 64-23. While losing is never fun, the Demons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Oklahoma football rankings (they are ranked 113th, while the Highlanders are ranked 29th).

The loss snapped Bishop McGuinness' winning streak at four games and leaves them with a 4-2 record. As for Duncan, their defeat was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 3-4.

Bishop McGuinness took their victory against Duncan when the teams last played back in November of 2020 by a conclusive 41-21. The rematch might be a little tougher for Bishop McGuinness since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.

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