Springfield is 0-10 against Rochester since September of 2015 but things could change on Friday. The Senators will challenge the Rockets at 7:00 p.m. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Springfield came up short against Sacred Heart-Griffin on Friday, falling 56-33. While losing is never fun, the Senators can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois football rankings (they are ranked 166th, while the Cyclones are ranked 47th).
Despite their loss, Springfield saw several players rise to the challenge and make noteworthy plays. Brody Scheffler, who threw for 336 yards and four TDs, was perhaps the best of all. The Senators' leading receiver Kale Thurman was Scheffler's top target yet again, picking up 125 receiving yards and a pair of touchdowns.
Don't try to pin the team's loss on the defense: they kept the trenches locked down and allowed a mere 2.4 yards per carry. The team can thank Nikolaus Stepniewski for the heroic effort on defense: he. Sadly, that's becoming something of a trend for Springfield; they were averaging 5.8yards per carry per game earlier this season, but in their last three matchups they've fallen to only 0 per game.
Meanwhile, Rochester entered their tilt with MacArthur on Friday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the Generals 51-14. The game snapped a strange streak: the last four times these teams have met, it?s been the away team that?s taken home the W.
Springfield's defeat was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 4-1 and their overall record down to 5-2. As for Rochester, their victory bumped their record up to 6-1.
Springfield was dealt a bruising 51-21 loss at the hands of Rochester when the teams last played back in October of 2024. Thankfully for the Senators, Mason Jacobs (who rushed for 25 yards and two scores, and also picked up 80 receiving yards) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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