Jefferson City has gone 10-0 against Hickman recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Jefferson City Jays will challenge the Hickman Kewpies at 7:00 p.m.
Jefferson City is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 35 points last Friday, they were much more limited against Capital City on Friday. They had to suffer through a 49-7 loss at the hands of the Cavaliers. While losing is never fun, the Jays can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Missouri football rankings (they are ranked 115th, while the Cavaliers are ranked 31st).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Hickman). Everything went their way against Smith-Cotton on Friday as Hickman made off with a 42-22 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Kewpies.
Jefferson City now has a losing record at 2-3. As for Hickman, their win ended a seven-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 2-3.
Everything came up roses for Jefferson City against Hickman in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, as the team secured a 63-19 victory. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Hickman's Carter Holliday, who threw for 161 yards and two touchdowns, and also rushed for 50 yards and a touchdown. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Jefferson City still be able to contain Holliday? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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