The Raytown Bluejays will take on the Fort Osage Indians at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Fort Osage is hoping to do what Truman couldn't on Friday: put an end to Raytown's winning streak, which now stands at four games. Raytown simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Truman 53-14 on the road. Given the Bluejays' advantage in MaxPreps' Missouri football rankings (they are ranked 92nd, while the Patriots are ranked 227th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, you can't lose the match if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Fort Osage's strategy against Ruskin on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Fort Osage blew Ruskin out of the water with a 49-6 final score. The game was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Indians had established a 42 point advantage.
Fort Osage's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Jonathan Ross, who threw for 129 yards and two touchdowns while completing 77.8% of his passes, and Nicholas Burt Jr., who rushed for 80 yards on only nine carries.
Raytown's win bumped their record up to 4-2. As for Fort Osage, the victory got them back to even at 3-3.
Raytown was taken down by Fort Osage 56-24 in their previous matchup back in September of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Fort Osage's Ryver Peppers, who rushed for 103 yards and three touchdowns on only 13 carries. Now that Raytown 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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