After two games on the road, Kewanee is heading back home. They will welcome the Princeton Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Last Friday, Kewanee didn't have quite enough to beat Monmouth-Roseville and fell 24-21. While losing is never fun, the Boilermakers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois football rankings (they are ranked 315th, while the Titans are ranked 129th).
Meanwhile, Princeton put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They took their contest at home with ease, bagging a 60-0 win over Sherrard. The matchup was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point Princeton had established a 53 point advantage.
Princeton's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Ace Christiansen, who picked up 32 receiving yards and a touchdown, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground. Another signal caller making a difference was William Lott, who threw for 77 yards and three touchdowns while completing 80% of his passes.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Princeton was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 285 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 166 rushing yards in 13 consecutive matches dating back to last season.
Kewanee now has a losing record at 1-2. As for Princeton, their win bumped their record up to 3-0.
Kewanee might still be hurting after the 37-14 loss they got from Princeton when the teams last played back in September of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Christiansen, who rushed for 182 yards and a touchdown on only 14 carries. Now that Kewanee knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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