The Cutter-Morning Star Eagles will look to defend their home field on Thursday against the Jessieville Lions at 7:00 p.m. Cutter-Morning Star is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 26.2 points per game this season.
Cutter-Morning Star is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against Magnet Cove on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Cutter-Morning Star took a blow against Magnet Cove, falling 52-20. The defeat continues a trend for the Eagles in their matchups with the Panthers: they've now lost eight in a row.
Loss or not, Cutter-Morning Star got some senior leadership from Peyton Mills and Drew Gonzalez. Mills threw for 400 yards and three touchdowns, while Gonzalez picked up 156 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Those 400 passing yards set a new season-high mark for Mills. A healthy portion of Mills' aerial production (126 yards to be exact) also went to Brody Speers, who also brought in a receiving touchdown.
Meanwhile, Jessieville had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 24.5 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They managed a 20-14 win over the Mustangs. The 20-point effort marked the Lions' lowest-scoring game of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Cutter-Morning Star's defeat dropped their record down to 1-8. As for Jessieville, they pushed their record up to 7-2 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home.
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