Football Preview: Pearl City-Eastland Wildcats vs. Lena-Winslow Panthers
Pearl City-Eastland is on a four-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while Lena-Winslow is on a nine-game streak of away wins (also dating back to last season): one of those streaks is about to end. A feisty cat fight will be fought when Wildcats challenges the Lena-Winslow Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Pearl City-Eastland is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Westmont, posting a 54-8 victory at home. Given the Wildcats' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois football rankings (they are ranked 110th, while the Sentinels are ranked 490th), the result on Friday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, after only seven points in their last game, Lena-Winslow made sure to put some points up on the board against Durand/Pecatonica on Friday. Everything went Lena-Winslow's way against Durand/Pecatonica as Lena-Winslow made off with a 46-22 win. The Panthers pushed the score to 38-6 by the end of the third, a deficit the Rivermen cut but never quite recovered from.
Pearl City-Eastland's victory bumped their record up to 5-1. As for Lena-Winslow, their win bumped their record up to 6-0.
Pearl City-Eastland took a serious blow against Lena-Winslow in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, falling 46-6. Will Pearl City-Eastland have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other football content.
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