The St. Anne Cardinals will challenge the South Fork/Edinburg/Morrisonville Ponies at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. St. Anne is looking to tack on another W to their four-game streak on the road dating back to last season.
St. Anne is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Illinois' top teams: Oblong, who was ranked 21st in their home state at the time (St. Anne was ranked ninth). St. Anne blew past Oblong 51-8 at home on Saturday. Considering the Cardinals have won five contests by more than 30 points this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, St. Anne was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 293 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 220 rushing yards in four consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, South Fork/Edinburg/Morrisonville didn't have quite enough to beat St. Thomas More on Saturday and fell 20-18. The loss continues a trend for the Ponies in their matchups with the Sabers: they've now lost three in a row.
St. Anne's win bumped their record up to 6-2. As for South Fork/Edinburg/Morrisonville, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-3.
St. Anne suffered a grim 38-12 defeat to South Fork/Edinburg/Morrisonville when the teams last played back in September of 2023. Can St. Anne avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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