Football Preview: Southwood Knights vs. Manchester Squires
Southwood is 7-1 against Manchester since October of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Southwood Knights will square off against the Manchester Squires at 7:00 p.m. Southwood is no doubt hoping to put an end to a five-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
Southwood is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They fell just short of Wabash by a score of 40-38 on Friday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (34), the Knights still had to take the loss.
Southwood's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Griffin Chambers, who threw for 205 yards and two touchdowns, and Coan Holloway, who picked up 70 receiving yards and a touchdown.all of that, receiving production came thanks to one massive catch
Meanwhile, Manchester hadn't done well against Northfield recently (they were 0-9 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Friday. Manchester snuck past Northfield with a 20-14 victory.
Southwood's defeat dropped their record down to 0-5. As for Manchester, their win bumped their record up to 2-3.
Southwood won a game that couldn't have been any closer in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, slipping by Manchester 8-7. The rematch might be a little tougher for Southwood since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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