The Elkton/Lake Benton Elks are taking a road trip to challenge the Garretson Blue Dragons at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Elkton/Lake Benton has five straight victories, Garretson has six straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Elkton/Lake Benton is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed by Great Plains Lutheran at home to the tune of 61-8 last Friday. Given the Elks' advantage in MaxPreps' South Dakota football rankings (they are ranked second, while the Panthers are ranked 44th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Friday just wasn't the day for Garretson's offense. They had to suffer through a 50-0 loss at the hands of Viborg/Hurley. While getting shut out isn't ideal, the Blue Dragons haven't been shut out since back in August.
Elkton/Lake Benton pushed their record up to 5-0 with the win, which was their third straight at home. As for Garretson, their loss dropped their record down to 0-5.
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