The Sacred Heart Irish will face off against the Elmwood-Murdock Knights at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Sacred Heart will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more points each game than the last.
Sacred Heart took a loss when they played away from home last Friday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Friday. They took down Humboldt-Table Rock-Steinauer 36-20. The win was a breath of fresh air for the Irish as it put an end to their six-game losing streak dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Elmwood-Murdock had to suffer through a 56-20 loss at the hands of Johnson-Brock. While losing is never fun, the Knights can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska football rankings (they are ranked 68th, while the Eagles are ranked 19th).
Sacred Heart's first victory this season bumped their record up to 1-4. As for Elmwood-Murdock, they now have a losing record at 2-3.
Sacred Heart was dealt a bruising 58-30 defeat at the hands of Elmwood-Murdock in their previous matchup back in August of 2023. Can Sacred Heart avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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