After starting their season with two straight games on the road, New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva is finally coming home. They will look to take advantage of their home-field as they take on the Mayer Lutheran Crusaders at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many points in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
It's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 42-6, which was the final score in New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva's tilt against Central on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Minnesota football rankings (they are ranked 247th, while the Raiders are ranked 77th).
Meanwhile, Mayer Lutheran came up short against St. Clair/Loyola on Friday and fell 14-7.
New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva's loss dropped their record down to 0-2. As for Mayer Lutheran, their defeat dropped their record down to an identical 0-2.
New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva suffered a grim 34-12 defeat to Mayer Lutheran in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. Thankfully for New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva, Jack Grimsley (who rushed for 167 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 8.0 yards per carry, and also picked up 45 receiving yards and a touchdown) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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