Football Preview: Great Valley Patriots vs. Downingtown East Cougars
The Great Valley Patriots will challenge the Downingtown East Cougars at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Great Valley is coming into the matchup on a three-game losing streak.
Downingtown East is facing Great Valley at the wrong time: Great Valley suffered their first home loss of the season on Friday and they're likely out for redemption. They lost 35-12 to the Warriors.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Downingtown East). They simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat Boyertown 35-7 at home. Given the Cougars' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 48th, while the Bears are ranked 342nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Great Valley's defeat dropped their record down to 1-3. As for Downingtown East, the victory also got them back to even at 2-2.
Great Valley was dealt a bruising 49-6 loss at the hands of Downingtown East in their previous matchup back in September of 2019. Can Great Valley avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
