The Sauk Rapids-Rice Storm will head out to challenge the Moorhead Spuds at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
Sauk Rapids-Rice is headed into the match out to prove that what happened against Andover on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Sauk Rapids-Rice came up short against Andover, falling 41-17. While losing is never fun, the Storm can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Minnesota football rankings (they are ranked 68th, while the Huskies are ranked eighth).
Meanwhile, Moorhead put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Alexandria 36-34. The 36-point effort marked the Spuds' lowest-scoring contest of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Sauk Rapids-Rice's loss dropped their record down to 4-3. As for Moorhead, their victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 7-0.
Sauk Rapids-Rice beat Moorhead 35-28 when the teams last played back in October of 2023. The rematch might be a little tougher for Sauk Rapids-Rice since the squad 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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