Football Preview: Mountain Grove Panthers vs. Willow Springs Bears
Mountain Grove has gone 9-1 against Willow Springs recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Mountain Grove Panthers will host the Willow Springs Bears at 7:00 p.m. Mountain Grove will come in still looking for their first win of the season.
Mountain Grove is likely headed into the match with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Ava on Friday. Mountain Grove fell 20-12 to Ava. That's two games in a row now that the Panthers have lost by exactly eight points.
Although Mountain Grove took the loss, they still got scores from Kale Gardner and Aden Estep.
Meanwhile, Willow Springs won a game that couldn't have been any closer, slipping by Cabool 14-13. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Bears.
Mountain Grove's loss ended a four-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 0-3. As for Willow Springs, their win ended a six-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 2-1.
Everything came up roses for Mountain Grove against Willow Springs when the teams last played back in September of 2023 as the team secured a 71-0 victory. Will Mountain Grove repeat their success, or does Willow Springs have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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