Football Preview: Grant Community Bulldogs vs. Wauconda Bulldogs
Grant Community is 1-9 against Wauconda since October of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Grant Community Bulldogs will square off against the Wauconda Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Grant Community will head out to face Wauconda after giving up their first home loss of the season on Friday. Grant Community and Grayslake North were almost perfectly matched up, but Grant Community suffered a 58-57 loss. 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 defeat 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 when the teams last played back in October of 2023, but Grant Community came up empty-handed after a 21-20 loss. Can Grant Community avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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