Football Preview: Centennial Chargers vs. Urbana Tigers
Centennial has gone 7-1 against Urbana recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Centennial Chargers will venture away from home to take on the Urbana Tigers at 7:00 p.m. Given that both suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.
Centennial will head out to face Urbana after giving up their first home loss of the season on Friday. Centennial took a 28-21 hit to the loss column at the hands of Peoria Notre Dame. The matchup was a 14-14 toss-up at halftime, but the Chargers couldn't quite close it out.
Meanwhile, Urbana was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their 14th straight defeat dating back to last season. 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).
The loss snapped Centennial's winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 3-2 record. As for Urbana, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-5.
Everything came up roses for Centennial against Urbana when the teams last played back in August of 2023, as the team secured a 49-14 victory. In that match, Centennial amassed a halftime lead of 42-0, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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