Football Preview: North Greene Spartans vs. Pleasant Hill/Western Wolves
The North Greene Spartans will square off against the Pleasant Hill/Western Wolves at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both have had a bumpy ride up to this point with 14 consecutive losses dating back to last season for North Greene and three for Pleasant Hill/Western.
North Greene's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Carrollton on Friday. They took a blow against the Hawks, falling 42-0. That's two games in a row now that the Spartans have lost by exactly 42 points.
North Greene wouldn't let Carrollton keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. North Greene can thank Brody Berry and Garret Hazelwonder for forcing both of them. Hazelwonder also set a new season high mark in total tackles with four.
Meanwhile, Pleasant Hill/Western fought the good fight in their overtime matchup against West Central co-op [Winchester-Bluffs] on Friday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Cougars by a score of 22-20. While losing is never fun, the Wolves can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois football rankings (they are ranked 387th, while the Cougars are ranked 193rd).
Although Pleasant Hill/Western took the loss, they still got scores from Tyler Vandyne, Rydor Rodhouse, and Brody Dolbeare.
North Greene's loss dropped their record down to 0-5. As for Pleasant Hill/Western, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-4.
Things could have been worse for North Greene, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 28-14 loss to Pleasant Hill/Western when the teams last played back in September of 2023. Can North Greene avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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