Football Preview: St. Charles East Fighting Saints vs. Geneva Vikings
St. Charles East and Geneva are an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2014, but not for long. The St. Charles East Fighting Saints will be playing in front of their home fans against the Geneva Vikings at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
St. Charles East is headed into the contest out to prove that what happened against Batavia on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. St. Charles East was beaten by Batavia 56-7. The Fighting Saints haven't had much luck with the Bulldogs recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
Sean Keegan put forth a good effort for the losing side as he rushed for 71 yards and a touchdown. The bulk of those rushing yards came from one huge play: a run that gained an incredible 72 yards.
Meanwhile, Geneva put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They managed a 28-24 victory over Wheaton North. The 28-point effort marked the Vikings' lowest-scoring matchup of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Geneva had a senior duo take command as Michael Rumoro rushed for 92 yards and two touchdowns and Talyn Taylor picked up 157 receiving yards and a touchdown.
St. Charles East's defeat dropped their record down to 2-5. As for Geneva, their win was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 7-0.
St. Charles East suffered a grim 42-20 defeat to Geneva when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Thankfully for St. Charles East, Nate Stempowski (who rushed for 173 yards and a touchdown while picking up 10.2 yards per carry, and also threw for 131 yards and four touchdowns) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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