The Meridian Hawks will head out on the road to challenge the Milledgeville Missiles at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Meridian comes in on three and Milledgeville on eight.
Meridian is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Illinois' top teams: St. Thomas More, who was ranked 19th at the time (Meridian was ranked 13th). The Hawks breezed past the Sabers to the tune of 48-14 on Saturday. The Hawks pushed the score to 42-0 by the end of the third, a deficit the Sabers cut but never quite recovered from.
Seth Ralston
| 10/25/25 vs St. Thomas More | 173 |
| 10/17/25 @ Blue Ridge | 149 |
| 09/19/25 @ Hutsonville/Palestine | 57 |
| 09/13/25 vs Pawnee/Lincolnwood | 19 |
| 10/04/25 @ Milford/Cissna Park | 15 |
A big part of Meridian's win came down to the chemistry between Seth Ralston and his top target Bryce Brown. Ralston gained 222 total yards while Brown threw for 117 yards and three touchdowns. The dominant performance also gave Ralston a new career-high in rushing yards (173).
Meridian was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 270 rushing yards. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their rushing yard total in four consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Milledgeville blew past Alden-Hebron, posting a 54-22 victory. Considering the Missiles have won seven contests by more than 21 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Meridian's record now sits at 4-5. As for Milledgeville, their record is now 8-0.
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