It’s homecoming week at Martin County West and the football game Friday night will see the Mavericks hosting Russell-Tyler-Ruthton. Kickoff in Sherburn is at 7 p.m.
RTR brings in a 1-2 record.
Those losses, however, have come 55-6 to Minneota, ranked first in the state Class 1A media poll and 48-22 to Springfield, which is rated second.
In between, the Knights were 20-7 winners over Wabasso.
MCW enters the game with a 0-3 record, with losses to Canby, Adrian/Ellsworth and Tracy-Milroy-Balaton.
Chili feed
The Martin County West senior class will be holding a chili feed fund-raiser Friday.
Tickets are $8 and are available from and MCW senior and will also be available for walkups Friday night. Proceeds go toward the class trip.
Serving is scheduled to run from 4:30 p.m. until halftime of the football game.
MCW football schedule
Fri., Sept. 1: at Canby, L 21-0
Fri., Sept. 8: Adrian/Ellsworth, L 35-12
Fri., Sept. 15: at Tracy-Milroy-Balaton, L 39-0
Fri., Sept. 22: Russell-Tyler-Ruthton, 7 p.m.
Sat., Sept. 30: at Wabasso, 3 p.m.
Fri., Oct. 6: Sleepy Eye United, 7 p.m.
Thurs., Oct. 12: at Springfield, 7 p.m.
Wed., Oct. 18: St. James Area, 7 p.m.
Section standings
Martin County West will play in Section 3A in postseason play. Here are the latest QRF standings for the section. Listed are team, won-loss record and QRF number.
Springfield 3-0 41.4
Sleepy Eye United 3-0 35.6
Murray County Central 2-1 29.7
Adrian/Ellsworth 2-1 23.3
Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 2-1 22.9
Russell-Tyler-Ruthton 1-2 12.7
Martin County West 0-3 3.3
Wabasso 0-3 1.7
If the playoffs started today
Wabasso (8) at Springfield (1)
Tracy-Milroy-Balaton (5) at Adrian/Ellsworth (4)
Martin County West (7) at Sleepy Eye United (2)
Russell-Tyler-Ruthton (6) at Murray County Central (3)