The St. Joseph-Ogden Spartans will face off against the Monticello Sages at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. St. Joseph-Ogden will be strutting in after a win while Monticello will be coming in after a loss.
St. Joseph-Ogden is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They really took it to Rantoul for the full four quarters, racking up a 56-21 victory. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Spartans considering their ten-point performance the contest before.
Kodey McKinney had another great game (as he tends to do), throwing for 230 yards and four touchdowns while completing 94.4% of his passes, and also rushing for 57 yards and three scores on only eight carries. Logan Umbarger was another key player, rushing for 116 yards and one TD while picking up 7.3 yards per carry.
They were just one part of a punishing run game: St. Joseph-Ogden was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 211 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in October of 2024.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 39 points the game before, Monticello was a bit more limited in their game on Friday. They were beaten by Bloomington Central Catholic 41-13. While losing is never fun, the Sages can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois football rankings (they are ranked 206th, while the Saints are ranked 90th).
St. Joseph-Ogden's win bumped their record up to 4-1. As for Monticello, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-2.
St. Joseph-Ogden beat Monticello 40-28 in their previous meeting back in August of 2024. Do the Spartans have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Sages turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
