St. John's/Tipton Catholic is 0-5 against Frankfort since October of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The St. John's/Tipton Catholic Blujays will head out on the road to face off against the Frankfort Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. St. John's/Tipton Catholic will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Kansas Rankings (they are ranked 83rd, while Frankfort is ranked 16th).
After only eight points in their last contest, St. John's/Tipton Catholic made sure to put some points up on the board against Wakefield on Thursday. St. John's/Tipton Catholic really took it to Wakefield for the full four quarters, racking up a 50-22 win on the road. The match was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 28-6.
St. John's/Tipton Catholic's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Ryder Allen, who picked up 113 receiving yards and four touchdowns, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground. Edward Horinek was another key contributor, throwing for 209 yards and five touchdowns while completing 74.1% of his passes.
Frankfort never got on the board in their matchup two weeks ago, but that sure wasn't the case in their game against Hanover last Friday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the Wildcats 62-14 on the road. The result was nothing new for Frankfort, who have now won five games by 46 points or more so far this season.
St. John's/Tipton Catholic's win bumped their record up to 2-6. As for Frankfort, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 6-2 record this season.
St. John's/Tipton Catholic might still be hurting after the 48-28 loss they got from Frankfort in their previous matchup back in October of 2022. Can St. John's/Tipton Catholic avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
