Murphysboro has gone 4-0 against Benton recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Murphysboro Red Devils will head out to take on the Benton Rangers at 7:00 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Murphysboro is headed into the game after thoroughly thrashing Anna-Jonesboro/Dongola: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Murphysboro blew Anna-Jonesboro/Dongola out of the water with a 59-7 final score. Given the Red Devils' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois football rankings (they are ranked 133rd, while the Tigers are ranked 304th), the result on Friday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, you can't lose the contest if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Benton's strategy against Salem on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Benton blew Salem out of the water with a 56-0 final score. The matchup was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Rangers had established a 49 point advantage.
Murphysboro pushed their record up to 1-1 with that win, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Benton, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 2-0.
Everything went Murphysboro's way against Benton when the teams last played back in September of 2023 as Murphysboro made off with a 35-9 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Murphysboro 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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