Preview: Lakes Eagles vs. Grant Community Bulldogs
Lakes is 7-2 against Grant Community since September of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Lakes Eagles will look to defend their home field against the Grant Community Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. The timing isn't great for Lakes: they have been struggling with three straight losses at home, while Grant Community has snatched up four consecutive wins on the road dating back to last season.
It's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 44-7, which was the final score in Lakes' tilt against Wauconda on Friday. The defeat unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Lakes in their matchups with Wauconda: they've now lost five in a row.
Meanwhile, Grant Community pushed their score all the way to 35 on Friday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They were beaten by Antioch 64-35.
The losses dropped Lakes to 1-6 and Grant Community to 4-3.
Lakes came out on top in a nail-biter against Grant Community when the teams last played back in October of 2022, sneaking past 21-18. Does Lakes have another victory up their sleeve, or will Grant Community turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
