Football Preview: Great Plains Lutheran Panthers vs. Britton-Hecla Braves
Great Plains Lutheran is 0-7 against Britton-Hecla since September of 2015 but things could change on Friday. The Great Plains Lutheran Panthers will look to defend their home field against the Britton-Hecla Braves at 7:00 p.m. Hopefully Great Plains Lutheran focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up four on Friday.
It's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 61-8, which was the final score in Great Plains Lutheran's tilt against Elkton/Lake Benton. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' South Dakota football rankings (they are ranked 44th, while the Elks are ranked third).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Britton-Hecla). They blew past Florence/Henry 58-6 at home two weeks ago. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Braves.
This is the second loss in a row for Great Plains Lutheran and nudges their season record down to 3-2. As for Britton-Hecla, the win got them back to even at 2-2.
Great Plains Lutheran came up short against Britton-Hecla in their previous matchup back in August of 2023, falling 20-16. Can Great Plains Lutheran avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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