When a team that’s won four games in a row takes on one that’s lost four in a row, you’d probably mark up another win for the former.

But that’s the beauty of district play, something the head coaches of both Baldwin High and Santa Fe Trail are well aware of as the two teams square off tonight. Kickoff is 7 p.m. at SFT’s field in Carbondale.

“It’s like we’re starting a new season,” BHS coach Mike Berg said of his 5-1 club. “Records don’t count at this point. We can’t look past anybody.”

The Chargers probably don’t mind throwing out their first six games after a 1-5 start.

“No matter what you do in the first six games, everyone has a chance,” SFT coach Dave Watkins said of district play.

What Santa Fe Trail has hardly a chance at is slowing down Micah Mason. The Baldwin running back sliced through the SFT defense as a junior en route to a 34-20 Bulldog win last season.

Now, Mason is a senior and continually a triple-digit rushing regular every Friday night.

“Micah’s a back you really can’t stop, but you have to try to contain him,” Watkins said. “He’s one of the better backs in 4A.”

Watkins said the key to stopping Mason would be to limit his big play opportunities by holding him to runs of four or five yards. Last year, Mason had a couple of long gallops that took the wind out of the Charger.

Berg said Mason would see his share of work, but the Baldwin coach also was hoping to the throw the ball.

The Bulldogs had 17 pass plays in a 15-7 win Friday over Eudora.

“We really want to be more balanced offensively,” Berg said. “Micah will get his share of carries, but football is more than a one-man show.”

A large reason of Berg’s interest in the passing game has been the recent play of a couple of his receivers, particularly Austin Inzer.

“He’s turned into another weapon for us,” Berg said of the junior, who had two catches for 64 yards against Eudora.

While some teams, have an X-factor, the Chargers will rely on their J-factor.

Watkins said getting senior running back Jay Shively and senior receiver Jake Marquart involved in the offensive attack early and often was vital for his team, which lost 17 seniors from last year’s club.

Going into this game last year, Santa Fe Trail was a perfect 6-0. Although given the Chargers’ current record, Berg said he never would write off a team that had a winning tradition.

Watkins also knows he’ll be busy tonight.

“We know we got our hands full,” he said.