The St. Francis Indians will challenge the Ness City Eagles at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. St. Francis is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 38.6 points per game this season.
Having struggled with four defeats in a row, St. Francis finally turned things around against Stockton on Friday. They blew past the Tigers 57-6. The Indians might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four matchups by 48 points or more this season.
Lucas Raile continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, throwing for 184 yards and seven touchdowns, while also rushing for 62 yards on only seven carries. Another player making a difference was Dayton Fromholtz, who picked up 102 receiving yards and four touchdowns.
St. Francis didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Layn Todd and Asher Robbins.
Meanwhile, Ness City was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They took a blow against LaCrosse, falling 54-8. That's two games in a row now that the Eagles have lost by exactly 46 points.
The victory got St. Francis back to even at 4-4. As for Ness City, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-7.
Everything came up roses for St. Francis against Ness City in their previous matchup back in November of 2016, as the team secured a 54-0 win. Will St. Francis repeat their success, or does Ness City have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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