The Newton Railroaders will head out on the road to challenge the Goddard Lions at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Newton will come in still looking for their first win of the season.
Last Friday, Newton was beaten by Eisenhower 49-7. While losing is never fun, the Railroaders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Kansas football rankings (they are ranked 101st, while the Tigers are ranked 17th).
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Goddard, who bounced back after a loss on the road two weeks ago. They won a matchup that couldn't have been any closer, slipping by Andover 14-13.
The critical scores for Goddard came from Brock Sullivan and Erik Olivas.
Newton's defeat dropped their record down to 0-3. As for Goddard, they now have a winning record of 2-1.
Newton was able to grind out a solid win over Goddard in their previous meeting back in October of 2021, winning 24-12. Will Newton repeat their success, or does Goddard have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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