The crowd at Friday's league contest between the Rock Island Rocks (Rock Island, IL) and the visiting Sterling Golden Warriors (Sterling, IL), observed Rock Island's football squad edge Sterling by a count of 14-7.

The Rocks now own a 2-6 record. They play next when they travel to Geneseo for a Western Big 6 contest on Friday, October 20. Rock Island will encounter a Maple Leafs squad coming off a 35-7 league loss to Quincy (Quincy, IL). The Maple Leafs record now stands at 6-2.

Coming up next, the Golden Warriors encounter the Moline Maroons (Moline, IL) in a Western Big 6 contest, on Friday, October 20. Sterling will attempt to upgrade on its 3-5 season record. The Maroons go into the contest with a 3-4 record after their 41-10 league win over Galesburg (Galesburg, IL).