After two games on the road, Messalonskee is heading back home. They will welcome the Gardiner Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Messalonskee focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up four on Friday.
Last Friday, Messalonskee didn't have quite enough to beat Edward Little and fell 36-34.
Messalonskee's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Landon Rancourt, who rushed for 158 yards and a touchdown, and Tatum Doucette, who rushed for 99 yards and three touchdowns. The dominant performance gave Rancourt a new career-high in rushing yards.
Meanwhile, Gardiner won against Mt. Blue last Friday with 14 points and they decided to stick to that point total again on Saturday. Gardiner secured a 14-8 W over Nokomis. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Tigers.
Messalonskee now has a losing record at 1-2. As for Gardiner, the victory got them back to even at 2-2.
Everything came up roses for Messalonskee against Gardiner in their previous meeting back in September of 2023 as the team secured a 35-0 win. Does Messalonskee have another victory up their sleeve, or will Gardiner turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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