The Carterville Lions will face off against the St. Joseph-Ogden Spartans at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Carterville comes in on three and St. Joseph-Ogden on four.
Carterville is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat Herrin 49-20 on the road. Given the Lions' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois football rankings (they are ranked 143rd, while the Tigers are ranked 341st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, St. Joseph-Ogden didn't have too much trouble with Illinois Valley Central on the road on Friday as they won 42-28.
It was another big night for KODEY MCKINNEY, who rushed for 33 yards and two touchdowns, and also threw for 230 yards and a touchdown while completing 85.7% of his passes. WYATT WERTZ was in the mix too, providing St. Joseph-Ogden with two touchdowns.
Carterville's win bumped their record up to 3-1. As for St. Joseph-Ogden, their victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 4-0.
Carterville didn't have too much breathing room in their game against St. Joseph-Ogden when the teams last played back in September of 2023, but they still walked away with a 32-28 win. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was St. Joseph-Ogden's Logan Smith, who rushed for 84 yards and two touchdowns, and also threw for 341 yards and two touchdowns while completing 71.4% of his passes. Now that he won't be playing on Friday, will it be easier for Carterville to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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