The St. Joseph Knights will challenge the Lemoore Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Lemoore took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on St. Joseph, who comes in off a win.
Last Friday, St. Joseph earned a 28-21 win over Fairfield. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Knights.
Meanwhile, Lemoore ended up a good deal behind Hanford on Friday and lost 29-14. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 220th, while the Bullpups are ranked 50th).
Despite the defeat, Lemoore saw an underclassman step up: freshman Blaine Guevara rushed for 54 yards and two touchdowns on only five carries. Those 54 rushing yards gave Guevara a new career-high.
Guevara was just one part of a punishing run game: Lemoore was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 202 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Hanford only rushed for 104.
St. Joseph has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 5-5 record this season. As for Lemoore, their loss was their third straight at home, which dropped their record down to 5-5.
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