The St. Francis Gladiators will face off against the Kingsley Stags at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
St. Francis is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. Everything went their way against Boyne City as they made off with a 55-35 victory. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Gladiators considering their 12-point performance the game before.
Meanwhile, Kingsley had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 32.8 points) and they went ahead and made it five on Saturday. They took their contest with ease, bagging a 41-14 win over the Copper Kings. Given the Stags' advantage in MaxPreps' Michigan football rankings (they are ranked 39th, while the Copper Kings are ranked 137th) , the win wasn't entirely unexpected.
St. Francis better focus on containing Tucker Dreves and Nolan Hodges as the pair were huge in Kingsley's win. Dreves threw for 97 yards and a pair of touchdowns on only five passes, while Hodges gained 60 total yards. Those 97 passing yards gave Dreves a new career-high.
St. Francis' victory bumped their record up to 7-2. As for Kingsley, their win bumped their record up to 8-2.
St. Francis barely slipped by Kingsley in their previous meeting back in September, winning 21-20. Will the Gladiators repeat their success, or do the Stags have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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