The St. Michael-Albertville Knights will head out on the road to challenge the Mounds View Mustangs at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday.
St. Michael-Albertville is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 35 points last Friday, they were much more limited against Maple Grove on Thursday. They were beaten by the Crimson 56-7. While losing is never fun, the Knights can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Minnesota football rankings (they are ranked 137th, while the Crimson are ranked 17th).
Meanwhile, Mounds View entered their tilt with Park on Friday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. Everything went their way against the Wolfpack as they made off with a 37-12 win. With the Mustangs ahead 27-6 at the half, the contest was all but over already.
Mounds View got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Mitchell Olson out in front who rushed for 141 yards and a touchdown. Another receiver making a difference was Godson Rufus-Okomhanru, who gained 86 total yards and a touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Mounds View was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 278 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
St. Michael-Albertville has traveled a rocky road recently having lost three of their last four games, which put a noticeable dent in their 3-4 record this season. As for Mounds View, their win bumped their record up to 5-2.
St. Michael-Albertville came out on top in a nail-biter against Mounds View in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, sneaking past 20-17. The rematch might be a little tougher for St. Michael-Albertville 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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