The Eisenhower Tigers will face off against the Emporia Spartans at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Eisenhower is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 35.6 points per game this season.
Eisenhower is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Kansas' top teams: Northwest, who was ranked 15th in their home state at the time (Eisenhower was ranked 18th). Eisenhower fell just short of Northwest by a score of 31-28 on Friday. It was the first time this season that the Tigers let down their fans at home.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Derek Morgan and Jaylen Mason. Mason had a great game and threw for 188 yards and two touchdowns. Meanwhile, Morgan was balling out in the loss, rushing for 71 yards and two touchdowns on only eight carries, while also throwing for 311 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 12.0 yards per attempt.
Even if they lost, Eisenhower's defensive line still kept up the pressure with three sacks. Drayton Oakes was particularly dangerous to the passing game, picking up twohimself. He also set a new season high mark in total tackles with nine. Lucas Freeman was another major factor on D, picking up a sack and making 16 total tackles (6.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, Emporia was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their 17th straight loss dating back to last season. They were outmatched by Junction City at home and fell 38-0.
Eisenhower's defeat ended a ten-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 6-2. As for Emporia, their loss dropped their record down to 0-8.
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