NEW ULM — Local football fans hope to see three things happen this Friday in the second week of the high school football season.

Fans of Minnesota Valley Lutheran are looking for the Chargers to earn their first win of the season on the road against St. Clair.

New Ulm Cathedral fans are looking for the Greyhounds to win their third straight game of the season when they play Lac qui Parle Valley for the first time in school history.

And the fans of New Ulm High School are looking to see if the Hunter Ranweiler-Connor Foley air show can keep flying at home when the Eagles host Tri-City United.

All games have 7 p.m. kickoffs.

MINNESOTA VALLEY LUTHERAN (0-2) AT ST. CLAIR (1-1) 7 P.M. ST. CLAIR

MVL will be meeting a team that is coming off a 47-0 win over Kingsland last week for its first win of the season after a loss to Lester Prairie/Holy Trinity in their first game of the season.

“They run the option pretty well,” said Chargers’ head coach Jim Buboltz whose team lost to LPHT 13-6 last Friday. “And they have a good running quarterback and they got a win last week so they are building off of a win.”

Buboltz said that when facing a team that runs the option like St. Clair, it is playing responsibility football.

“And we are looking at that in practice of what we need to do in order to stay focused on the defensive side,” Buboltz said. “With that talented quarterback that they have you need to make sure that you take the ball our of his hands. You need to make sure that he does not impact the game more than he already does. He is going to touch the ball every single snap.”

Buboltz also knows that his team needs to build on the positives that his team has made from week one to week two.

“Now that we have blocking schemes and understanding of the offense and what we can do, we can focus in on the positives,” Buboltz said.

LAC QUI PARLE VALLEY (1-1) AT NEW ULM CATHEDRAL (2-0) 7 P.M. JOHNSON FIELD

Cathedral football coach Denny Lux said that the Eagles are a solid football team.

“They have a very good running back [Peyton Mortenson] that they do many things with,” he said. “They try and get the ball in his hands and their quarterback likes to throw the deep ball. They are a good pass and run team but we definitely need to know where (Mortenson) is.”

LQPV lost a close 25-24 game in its opener to Wabasso before beating Lakeview 14-12 last week. It will use good size and speed on the defensive side of the ball.

Lux feels that comparing scores with common opponents does not really tell you anything. Cathedral defeated Lakeview 16-0 earlier in the season.

“I think that football is a game of match-ups and how individuals match-up on offense and defense,” Lux said. “They will give us a different look on defense but we have been preparing for many different defenses. We have smart football players and we as a coaching staff always try and answer the what-if questions that the players may have -we try and give them as much base knowledge that we can going into the game.”

TRI- CITY UNITED (1-1) AT NEW ULM HIGH SCHOOL (1-1) NEW ULM HIGH SCHOOL 7 P.M.

The Eagles are coming off an impressive 44-16 win over Worthington in a game that saw New Ulm quarterback Hunter Ranweiler tie a state record with six touchdown passes and wide receiver Connor Foley set a state record with six touchdown catches.

TCU comes in off of a 41-12 loss to Waseca in a game that New Ulm coach Corey Kneeshaw feels was closer than the final score indicates.

“TCU was down 20-6 and made it 20-12 in the second quarter and they [TCU] were going in for a score and Waseca got an interception and that derailed TCU and things then spiraled out of hand for them,” Kneeshaw said. “TCU is a good ballclub and do a lot of things well on both sides of the ball — they play a tough-nose defense and this is a game that we are 100 percent focused on.”

Kneeshaw said that the Titans were a team that used to primarily run the ball.

“But this year they are running the spread offense but they are using their offense to spread the defense out and to still kind of run the ball,” he said. “They do occasionally get into their power-I formation. It is surprising to see them pass –they do have an athletic quarterback who throws a decent ball but his legs are his best attribute so we have to contain him.”

While Kneeshaw hopes that his offense keeps rolling, he is also looking forward to his defense that allowed just one touchdown to Worthington last week. Worthington’s other score came off of a blocked punt.

“We are keeping the same attitude and philosophy as last week — we are looking at stopping their key plays and that is our mindset,” Kneeshaw said. “When we can put up points like we did last week it helps out our defense because that can make a team one dimensional.”

Friday is also a feed by the Brown County Pork Producers before the game from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in the south parking lot at NUHS. For $8 you get a meal of a grilled pork chop, bun, chips and cookie. For $5 you can get a pork chop sandwich. Hot dog meals are also available for $5. All proceeds go to support all Eagle athletic programs.