Football Preview: Lane Tech Champions vs. Taft Eagles
The Lane Tech Champions are taking a road trip to face off against the Taft Eagles at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Lane Tech has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with three straight defeats, while Taft will come in with four straight wins.
Lane Tech will head into Saturday's contest ready to turn things around: they lost a close one when they played two weeks ago but unfortunately for them the loss they were handed on Saturday was a bit more commanding. They were dealt a 50-7 defeat at the hands of Morgan Park. While losing is never fun, the Champions can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois football rankings (they are ranked 226th, while the Mustangs are ranked 40th).
Meanwhile, Taft didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Phillips on Friday, but they still walked away with a 14-10 victory.
The critical scores for Taft came from Diesel McFadden and Kuba Wierzchowiak.
Lane Tech's loss dropped their record down to 2-4. As for Taft, their win bumped their record up to 5-1.
Lane Tech came up short against Taft when the teams last played back in September of 2023, falling 20-7. Can Lane Tech avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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