Football Preview: Beardstown Tigers vs. North Greene Spartans
The Beardstown Tigers will venture away from home to challenge the North Greene Spartans at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Beardstown is no doubt hoping to put an end to a five-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
Last Thursday, Beardstown lost to Unity/Seymour on the road by a 26-12 margin.
Meanwhile, North Greene was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their 16th straight defeat dating back to last season. They were dealt a 60-8 loss at the hands of West Central co-op [Winchester-Bluffs]. While losing is never fun, the Spartans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois football rankings (they are ranked 421st, while the Cougars are ranked 208th).
Beardstown's defeat dropped their record down to 1-6. As for North Greene, their loss dropped their record down to 0-7.
Beardstown beat North Greene 38-26 in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was North Greene's Logan Tepen, who threw for 265 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 12.6 yards per attempt, and also rushed for 36 yards. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Beardstown still be able to contain Tepen? There's only one way to find out.
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