After three games on the road, St. Paul Lutheran is heading back home. They will host the Sweet Springs Greyhounds at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Having struggled with three defeats in a row, St. Paul Lutheran finally turned things around against Santa Fe on Friday. They blew past the Chiefs 33-8.
A big part of St. Paul Lutheran's win came down to the chemistry between Easton Sheets and his top target Tate Kreisel. Sheets threw for 98 yards and four touchdowns while Kreisel picked up 54 receiving yards and three touchdowns. The dominant performance also gave Sheets a new career-high in rushing yards.
St. Paul Lutheran's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Daniel Bushman and Kreisel. St. Paul Lutheran got some further help from Owen Isdell: he picked up a sack and made 20 total tackles (3.5 for loss).
Meanwhile, Sweet Springs was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their seventh straight loss dating back to last season. The game between them and Wellington-Napoleon wasn't particularly close, with Sweet Springs falling 54-38. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (34), the Greyhounds still had to take the loss.
St. Paul Lutheran's victory bumped their record up to 2-3. As for Sweet Springs, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-6.
St. Paul Lutheran was able to grind out a solid win over Sweet Springs in their previous matchup back in November of 2023, winning 49-40. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Sweet Springs' Seth Rader, who rushed for 188 yards and two touchdowns, and also picked up 33 receiving yards. Now that he won't be playing on Friday, will it be easier for St. Paul Lutheran to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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