The Metro-East Lutheran Knights will challenge the Martinsville Bluestreaks at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Metro-East Lutheran knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 31 points or more in their past six contests -- so hopefully Martinsville likes a good challenge.
Metro-East Lutheran is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Illinois' top teams: South Fork/Edinburg/Morrisonville, who was ranked second at the time (Metro-East Lutheran was ranked seventh). The Knights fell 58-50 to the Ponies on Friday. The Knights haven't had much luck with the Ponies recently, as the team has come up short the last seven times they've met.
Isaak Broekemeier
| 09/27/25 @ Meridian | 133 |
| 10/03/25 vs South Fork/Edinburg/Morrisonville | 86 |
| 09/19/25 vs Blue Ridge | 52 |
| 09/13/25 @ St. Thomas More | 34 |
| 09/05/25 @ Hutsonville/Palestine | 24 |
Metro-East Lutheran might have lost, but man, Abe Oberhauser was a machine: he rushed for 258 yards and three scores while picking up 11.7 yards per carry, and also threw for 149 yards and a pair of touchdowns on only 13 passes. Oberhauser's longest rush was for an incredible 84 yards. A healthy portion of Oberhauser's aerial production (86 yards to be exact) went to Isaak Broekemeier, who also brought in a receiving touchdown.
Martinsville played against Hutsonville/Palestine on Saturday and won via forfeit.
Having lost for the first time this season, Metro-East Lutheran fell to 5-1. As for Martinsville, their victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 3-3.
Metro-East Lutheran was dealt a bruising 54-14 loss at the hands of Martinsville in their previous meeting back in September of 2024. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point the Knights were down 38-14.
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