Fort Scott and Chanute are an even 5-5 against one another since September of 2016, but not for long. The Fort Scott Tigers are taking a road trip to challenge the Chanute Blue Comets at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Last Friday, Fort Scott didn't have quite enough to beat Labette County and fell 16-14. The Tigers have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Chanute). They claimed a resounding 41-8 victory over Independence on the road. The team's explosion on offense also rewarded the Blue Comets with their most commanding win of the season.
Fort Scott's defeat dropped their record down to 3-2. As for Chanute, they pushed their record up to 4-1 with the win, which was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season.
Fort Scott and Chanute were almost perfectly matched up when the teams last played back in October of 2023, but Fort Scott suffered an agonizing 29-28 loss. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Chanute's Quinton Harding, who rushed for 153 yards and two touchdowns. Now that Fort Scott knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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