Football Preview: Grant Community Bulldogs vs. Wauconda Bulldogs
Grant Community hasn't had much luck against Wauconda recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Grant Community Bulldogs will take on the Wauconda Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Grant Community will head out to face Wauconda after giving up their first home loss of the season on Friday. Grant Community was just a hair shy of victory and fell 58-57 to Grayslake North. One positive for the Bulldogs, at least, is that this was the most points they've scored all season.
Meanwhile, you're bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter, and that's exactly how it played out for Wauconda on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that they blew Round Lake out of the water with a 56-0 final score. Given the Bulldogs' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois football rankings (they are ranked 112th, while the Panthers are ranked 454th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Grant Community's loss dropped their record down to 2-2. As for Wauconda, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 3-1.
Grant Community and Wauconda were neck-and-neck in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, but Grant Community came up empty-handed after a 21-20 defeat. Can Grant Community avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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