The Ell-Saline Cardinals will square off against the Goessel Bluebirds on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Ell-Saline has five straight victories, Goessel has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Ell-Saline is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Kansas' top teams: Little River, who was ranked 12th in their home state at the time (Ell-Saline was ranked seventh). Ell-Saline had just enough and edged Little River out 38-36.
Meanwhile, a win for Goessel just wasn't in the cards on Friday as the squad wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They had to suffer through a 58-8 loss at the hands of Solomon. That's two games in a row now that the Bluebirds have lost by exactly 50 points.
Ell-Saline pushed their record up to 5-1 with the victory, which was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Goessel, their loss dropped their record down to 1-5.
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