Football Preview: Era Hornets vs. Collinsville Pirates
Era has won three straight games at home, while Collinsville has won three straight on the road dating back to last season, but those streaks won't matter much on Friday. The Era Hornets will welcome the Collinsville Pirates at 7:00 p.m.
Era is headed into the contest out to prove that what happened against Muenster on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Era had to suffer through a 64-6 loss at the hands of Muenster. The game marked Era's lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Collinsville). They blew past Lindsay, posting a 55-21 victory at home. Considering the Pirates have won five matches by more than 26 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Era's defeat dropped their record down to 4-3. As for Collinsville, their win bumped their record up to 7-0.
Era was dealt a bruising 69-0 loss at the hands of Collinsville in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. Thankfully for Era, Logan Jenkins (who threw for 314 yards and seven touchdowns while completing 94.1% of his passes) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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