Cameron hasn't had much luck against Savannah recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Cameron Dragons will head out to take on the Savannah Savages at 7:00 p.m.
Cameron is headed into Friday's contest looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their sixth straight game dating back to last season on Friday. They were beaten by Maryville 44-6. While losing is never fun, the Dragons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Missouri football rankings (they are ranked 190th, while the Spoofhounds are ranked 50th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Savannah). They blew past Benton 54-6 on the road on Friday. Considering the Savages have won three matches by more than 19 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
A big part of Savannah's victory came down to the chemistry between Aiden Knechtenhofer and his top target Maddox Shoop. Knechtenhofer rushed for 81 yards and two touchdowns on only nine carries while Shoop threw for 129 yards and two touchdowns on only ten passes. The dominant performance also gave Shoop a new career-high in rushing yards. A healthy portion of that aerial production (107 yards to be exact) went to Max Howe, who also brought in a receiving touchdown.
Savannah's defense made their presence known, laying out the QB five times. In that department, Braylon Ellis was the leader with 2.5 sacks.
Cameron's defeat dropped their record down to 0-5. As for Savannah, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 3-2.
Cameron was taken down by Savannah 34-0 in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. Can Cameron avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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