The St. Ignace Saints will head out on the road to challenge the Ishpeming Hematites at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. St. Ignace will be strutting in after a win while Ishpeming will be coming in after a defeat.
Last Friday, St. Ignace humbled Rudyard with a 46-6 victory. The result was nothing new for the Saints, who have now won four contests by 24 points or more so far this season.
Meanwhile, Ishpeming scored the most points they've had this season last Friday, but it wasn't enough. They lost 44-24 to Norway. While losing is never fun, the Hematites can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Michigan football rankings (they are ranked 63rd, while the Knights are ranked tenth).
The victory made it two in a row for St. Ignace and bumps their season record up to 4-2. Those wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 51.0 points over those games. As for Ishpeming, their loss dropped their record down to 1-4.
St. Ignace came up short against Ishpeming when the teams last played back in October of 2017, falling 20-14. Can the Saints avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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