The Newton Railroaders will head out to square off against the Goddard Lions at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Newton will come in still looking for their first win of the season.
Last Friday, Newton had to suffer through a 49-7 loss at the hands of Eisenhower. While losing is never fun, the Railroaders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Kansas football rankings (they are ranked 101st, while the Tigers are ranked 17th).
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Goddard, who bounced back after a loss on the road two weeks ago. In a tight matchup that could have gone either way, they made off with a 14-13 win over Andover.
The critical scores for Goddard came from Brock Sullivan and Erik Olivas.
Newton's defeat dropped their record down to 0-3. As for Goddard, they now have a winning record of 2-1.
Newton was able to grind out a solid victory over Goddard in their previous meeting back in October of 2021, winning 24-12. Will Newton repeat their success, or does Goddard have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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