The Jefferson J-Hawks will be staying on the road on Saturday to face off against the Belvidere Bucs at 1:00 p.m. Neither of those teams managed to put together many points in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Jefferson's offense might be in the hot seat on Saturday considering what happened against Guilford on Wednesday. They were beaten by the Vikings 52-0. While losing is never fun, the J-Hawks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois football rankings (they are ranked 88th, while the Vikings are ranked eighth).
Meanwhile, Belvidere was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their eighth straight defeat. They were outmatched by Belvidere North at home and fell 34-0.
Jefferson's loss was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 3-5. As for Belvidere, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-8.
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