The Urbana Tigers will take on the Manual Rams at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both have had a bumpy ride up to this point with 16 consecutive losses dating back to last season for Urbana and eight for Manual dating back to last season.
Urbana is headed into the match out to prove that what happened against Richwoods on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Urbana was dealt a 46-6 loss at the hands of Richwoods. That's two games in a row now that the Tigers have lost by exactly 40 points.
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 49-6, which was the final score in Manual's tilt against Normal West on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Rams can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois football rankings (they are ranked 393rd, while the Wildcats are ranked 117th).
Urbana's defeat dropped their record down to 0-7. As for Manual, their loss dropped their record down to an identical 0-7.
Urbana was dealt a bruising 50-0 defeat at the hands of Manual in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. Can Urbana avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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