The Atlantic Trojans (2-5, 1-2) football team hits the road this week to face the Saydel Eagles (0-7, 0-3). Atlantic is coming off a nice win on Homecoming over Knoxville 46-6. The Trojans were able to get the ground game going in that contest with running back Dante Hedrington leading the way with 142 yards and two touchdowns. Atlantic Head Coach Joe Brummer said it has taken work to start to have more success running the ball.

This week the Trojans defense will be tasked with trying to slow down the Eagles big quarterback Judd Roberts, who has thrown for 946 yards and 6 touchdowns.

Saydel hasn’t had the end results they would like on the field but Co-Head Coach Jacob Santos said the team has stuck together well to keep working. He said they like to give Roberts the keys to the offense each week.

Santos said he sees a lot of similarities between his team and the way that Atlantic likes to play. He has been impressed with Trojan quarterback Caden Andersen and his ability to extend plays.

The Trojans and the Eagles will kickoff at 7:00 p.m. on Friday night and we’ll have coverage on KJAN. Chris Parks will have the call on AM 1220, FM 101.1, online at kjan.com, and you can watch the live video on KJANTV. Listen to a full chat with Coach Brummer on Trojan Preview at 4:45 p.m. Friday afternoon. Then catch our pick ’em show Who’s Gonna Win? at 6:00 p.m. followed by pregame at 6:30 p.m.