The St. John-Endicott Eagles will take on the Waitsburg Cardinals at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. St. John-Endicott is coming into the matchup on a six-game losing streak.
On Friday, St. John-Endicott took a blow against Garfield-Palouse, falling 56-18. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Washington football rankings (they are ranked 42nd, while the Vikings are ranked eighth).
Meanwhile, Waitsburg played a tough game on Friday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They were dealt an 80-46 defeat at the hands of Pomeroy. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Saturday (42), the Cardinals still had to take the loss.
St. John-Endicott will have to keep a close watch on Jayton Gleason and Landen Henry, a pair of players who had a big impact on Waitsburg's prior game. Gleason rushed for 141 yards and three scores while picking up 8.8 yards per carry, while Henry picked up 297 receiving yards and four touchdowns. The bulk of those rushing yards came from one huge play: a run that gained an incredible 77 yards.
Even if they lost, Waitsburg's defensive line still kept up the pressure with six sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Koyen Fortune and Victor Whitmore, who racked up four sacks between them. Whitmore is on a roll when it comes to sacks, as he's now posted at least one in each of the last three games he's played.
Waitsburg's loss dropped their record down to 4-3. As for St. John-Endicott, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-6.
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