Football Preview: Stanberry Meets King City

Stanberry is on a three-game streak of home losses, and King City a six-game streak of away losses dating back to last season. However, someone's due for a change in luck on Friday. The contest is scheduled at 7:00 p.m. Stanberry will aim to continue their three-game streak of scoring more points each game than the last.

Stanberry is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Missouri's top teams: North Andrew, who was ranked ninth at the time (Stanberry was ranked 19th). The Bulldogs were beaten by the Cardinals 72-43 on Friday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (42), the Bulldogs still had to take the loss.

Even in a losing effort, Pax Schieber was electric, rushing for 167 yards and 2 scores while picking up 10.4 yards per carry, and also picking up 85 receiving yards and 1 touchdown. His rushing yards production has been exceptional for a while as that marked his 12th straight game with at least 80 yards dating back to last season. Another player making a difference was Drew Parman, who gained 202 total yards and a touchdown.

Meanwhile, after some red-hot attacks on offense in their last three matchups, King City finally came back down to earth on Friday. They took a blow against Worth County/Northeast Nodaway, falling 70-12. The game was over by the end of the first half, with no points scored by either team from that point forward.