Herington is on a five-game streak of home losses also dating back to last season, Sacred Heart a seven-game streak of away losses also dating back to last season, but someone's luck is about to change on Friday. The Herington Railroaders will welcome the Sacred Heart Knights at 7:00 p.m.
Herington is headed into the match out to prove that what happened against Valley Heights on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Herington was beaten by Valley Heights 54-8.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Sacred Heart). They took down Bennington 31-12 on Friday. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Knights considering their seven-point performance the contest before.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Sacred Heart to victory, but perhaps none more so than Dom Matteucci, who rushed for 109 yards and two touchdowns, and also picked up 38 receiving yards. Those 109 rushing yards gave Matteucci a new career-high. Carson Lehmann was another key player, gaining 188 total yards and a touchdown.
Sacred Heart was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 219 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Herington's loss dropped their record down to 0-6. As for Sacred Heart, their victory bumped their record up to 2-4.
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