The Wakefield Bombers will head out on the road to face off against the St. John's/Tipton Catholic Blujays on Thursday. Both have had a bumpy ride up to this point with six consecutive losses for Wakefield and nine for St. John's/Tipton Catholic dating back to last season.
Wakefield is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against Blue Valley on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Wakefield was beaten by Blue Valley 52-6.
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 66-20, which was the final score in St. John's/Tipton Catholic's tilt against Pike Valley on Friday. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest defeat the Blujays have suffered against the Panthers since October 20, 2017.
Although St. John's/Tipton Catholic took the loss, they still got scores from Tyson Gates, Ryder Allen, and John Mick.
Wakefield's loss dropped their record down to 2-6. As for St. John's/Tipton Catholic, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-8.
Wakefield took a serious blow against St. John's/Tipton Catholic in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, falling 50-22. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of St. John's/Tipton Catholic's Edward Horinek, who threw for 209 yards and five touchdowns while completing 74.1% of his passes. Now that Wakefield knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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