The Gardiner Tigers will take on the Messalonskee Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Gardiner's defense has only allowed 17.5 points per game this season, so Messalonskee's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Gardiner is headed out in good spirits considering the team just ended their winless streak on the road against Nokomis on Saturday. Gardiner managed a 14-8 win over Nokomis. 14 seems to be a good number for the Tigers as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of points in their previous game.
Meanwhile, Messalonskee didn't have quite enough to beat Edward Little on Friday and fell 36-34.
Despite the defeat, Messalonskee had strong showings from 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.
The win got Gardiner back to even at 2-2. As for Messalonskee, they now have a losing record at 1-2.
Gardiner took a serious blow against Messalonskee in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, falling 35-0. Can Gardiner avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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