Football Preview: Urbana Tigers vs. Centennial Chargers
Urbana is 1-7 against Centennial since October of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Urbana Tigers will welcome the Centennial Chargers at 7:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Urbana is headed into Friday's match looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their 14th straight game dating back to last season on Friday. They were beaten by Bloomington 84-0. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois football rankings (they are ranked 473rd, while the Purple Raiders are ranked 73rd).
Meanwhile, Centennial entered their matchup against Peoria Notre Dame on Friday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Centennial took a 28-21 hit to the loss column at the hands of Peoria Notre Dame. The contest was a 14-14 toss-up at halftime, but the Chargers couldn't quite close it out.
Urbana's loss dropped their record down to 0-5. As for Centennial, the defeat snapped their winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 3-2 record.
Urbana took a serious blow against Centennial in their previous meeting back in August of 2023, falling 49-14. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Centennial's Kellen Davis, who rushed for 65 yards and two touchdowns on only five carries, and also threw for 182 yards and three touchdowns while completing 80% of his passes. Now that Urbana knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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