The Grain Valley Eagles will square off against the Fort Osage Indians at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Grain Valley will roll into the matchup after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up six points last Friday, then bounced right back against Belton on Friday. Grain Valley breezed by Belton on the road to the tune of 57-22. Given the Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' Missouri football rankings (they are ranked 36th, while the Pirates are ranked 142nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Fort Osage). They simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat Raytown 57-25 at home. The Indians pushed the score to 51-25 by the end of the third, a deficit the Bluejays had little chance of recovering from.
Grain Valley's victory was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 5-2. As for Fort Osage, they now have a winning record of 4-3.
Grain Valley didn't have too much breathing room in their match against Fort Osage when the teams last played back in August of 2023, but they still walked away with a 46-42 win. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Fort Osage's Ryver Peppers, who rushed for 159 yards and three touchdowns. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Grain Valley still be able to contain Peppers? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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