The Mark Twain Tigers will head out on the road to take on the Wright City Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Mark Twain is coming into the contest on a three-game losing streak.
Mark Twain will head into Friday's match ready to turn things around: they couldn't quite beat Van-Far on Friday, but the two-point margin was a huge improvement compared to the 22-point defeat they were dealt last Friday. Mark Twain fell just short of Van-Far by a score of 28-26.
Meanwhile, the third road matchup was the charm for Wright City, as they earned their first road win of the season. They blew past Louisiana 49-14 on the road on Friday. The game was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Wildcats had established a 21 point advantage.
Duan McRoberts Jr. was his usual excellent self, rushing for 178 yards and two touchdowns on only 14 carries, while also picking up 44 receiving yards and a touchdown. He really tore up the turf during one magnificent 70-yard run. Dayton Humphreys was another key player, throwing for 120 yards and two touchdowns while completing 85.7% of his passes.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Wright City was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 266 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 165 rushing yards in three consecutive contests.
Mark Twain's loss dropped their record down to 1-3. As for Wright City, the win got them back to even at 2-2.
Mark Twain was dealt a bruising 42-6 defeat at the hands of Wright City when the teams last played back in September of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of McRoberts Jr., who rushed for 71 yards and two touchdowns on only five carries, and also picked up 34 receiving yards and a touchdown. Now that Mark Twain knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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