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St. John’s and Jefferson will be playing league foes Friday night.
The Blue Jays (4-3, 3-2 Midwest Athletic Conference) are fighting to solidify their playoff hopes (5th in Region 22) as they host another team also playing for its playoff lives, Versailles (5-2, 4-1 MAC; 7th in Region 20), 7:30 p.m. at Stadium Park.
The Wildcats (5-2) will step outside the Northwest Conference to visit NWCC foe Perry (3-4) at 7 p.m.
ST. JOHN’S/VERSAILLES
St. John’s coach Todd Schulte figures the Tigers have returned to some traditional schemes under new coach Adam Miller after the last several seasons being in the spread under then-coach Bob Olwin.
“They are more in the ‘I’ and run a lot of powers, especially between the tackles; they have returned to the power-running team of the past, especially when Al Hetrick was coaching. They are back to the traditional Versailles look of linemen getting off the ball, a little bit of old-school that runs downhill,” Schulte noted. “At the same time, they still have the Campbell kid at quarterback; he is an accurate thrower and can also run very well. They are more balanced this year. They aren’t real big but they have a lot of kids in the 6-2/6-3 range at 210/215 pounds. What I am most impressed with is their athleticism; we have their film against Coldwater and they matched up very well with the Cavaliers speed-wise.
“Defensively, they are primarily in the 4-3 defense. We have seen them in some blitz packages but generally, they get a lot of players to the ball. That athleticism is even truer on defense because they don’t have a lot of physical size.”