The Kewanee Boilermakers will head out on the road to take on the Monmouth-Roseville Titans at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Friday, Kewanee was able to grind out a solid victory over Riverdale, taking the game 27-18.
Meanwhile, Monmouth-Roseville blew past Orion, posting a 60-26 win on the road. Given the Titans' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois football rankings (they are ranked 146th, while the Chargers are ranked 323rd), the result on Friday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Payton Thompson was a one-man wrecking crew for Monmouth-Roseville as he rushed for 233 yards and four touchdowns on only eight carries. Thompson's longest rush was for an incredible 84 yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Andrew Way, who rushed for 65 yards and a touchdown.
Way wasn't the only one working in the rushing yards department: Monmouth-Roseville was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 452 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 182 rushing yards in six consecutive contests dating back to last season.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Monmouth-Roseville's defense and their five sacks. Nicholas Bryan Huston was especially locked on to Orion's QB and sacked him three times.
The victory got Kewanee back to even at 1-1. As for Monmouth-Roseville, their win was their fourth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 2-0.
Everything went Kewanee's way against Monmouth-Roseville when the teams last played back in October of 2023 as Kewanee made off with a 42-21 victory. Does Kewanee have another victory up their sleeve, or will Monmouth-Roseville turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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