The Emporia Spartans will head out on the road to face off against the Eisenhower Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Emporia is looking for their season's first win.
Emporia's offense might be in the hot seat on Thursday considering what happened against Junction City on Friday. They were beaten by the Bluejays 38-0. While losing is never fun, the Spartans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Kansas football rankings (they are ranked 180th, while the Bluejays are ranked 48th).
Despite a strong season so far, Eisenhower has seen their luck take a bit of a downturn recently. They fell just short of Northwest by a score of 31-28 on Friday. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest defeat the Tigers have suffered since November 17, 2023.
Loss or not, Eisenhower got some senior leadership from Derek Morgan and Carter Pabst. Morgan rushed for 71 yards and two touchdowns on only eight carries, while Pabst picked up 251 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Pabst's longest reception was for an incredible 73 yards.
Even if they lost, Eisenhower's defensive line still kept up the pressure with three sacks. In that department, Drayton Oakes was the leader with two. He also set a new season high mark in total tackles with nine. Lucas Freeman was another major factor on D, picking up a sack and making 16 total tackles (6.0 for loss).
Emporia's defeat dropped their record down to 0-8. As for Eisenhower, their loss ended a ten-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 6-2.
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