Elk Grove hasn't had much luck against Rolling Meadows recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Elk Grove Grenadiers will face off against the Rolling Meadows Mustangs at 7:00 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.
Elk Grove will head into Friday's match out to bounce back: they won a close one the last time they played, but unfortunately they suffered a serious change of fortune on Friday. They took a blow against Prospect, falling 56-12. While losing is never fun, the Grenadiers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois football rankings (they are ranked 257th, while the Knights are ranked 39th).
Meanwhile, a victory for Rolling Meadows just wasn't in the cards on Friday as the squad wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They were beaten by Hersey 49-7. The Mustangs were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 35-7.
Elk Grove's loss dropped their record down to 3-5. As for Rolling Meadows, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 5-3.
Elk Grove didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Rolling Meadows in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, but they still walked away with a 27-21 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Elk Grove since the team 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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