Jersey and Mascoutah are an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2015, but not for long. The Jersey Panthers will square off against the Mascoutah Indians at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Jersey is headed into the contest out to prove that what happened against Waterloo on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Jersey had to suffer through a 50-15 loss at the hands of Waterloo. The loss continues a trend for the Panthers in their matchups with the Bulldogs: they've now lost six in a row.
Meanwhile, Mascoutah ended up a good deal behind Triad on Friday and lost 37-22. While losing is never fun, the Indians can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois football rankings (they are ranked 217th, while the Knights are ranked 70th).
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Baruk Jonsson and Isaac Ackerman. Ackerman had a great game and rushed for 133 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.8 yards per carry. Meanwhile, Jonsson was balling out in the loss, rushing for 88 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 carries, while also throwing for 184 yards and a touchdown.
Even though they lost, Mascoutah was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 229 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 175 rushing yards in four consecutive games.
Jersey's defeat dropped their record down to 2-4. As for Mascoutah, they dropped their record down to 2-4 with the loss, which was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season.
Jersey strolled past Mascoutah when the teams last played back in October of 2023 by a score of 33-14. The rematch might be a little tougher for Jersey since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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