After each having a week off, the Sylvan Hills Bears and the Marion Patriots will dust off their jerseys to square off against one another at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Sylvan Hills is looking for their season's first victory.
Things were looking good for Sylvan Hills after they put the first points on the board two weeks ago, but unfortunately for them things went downhill from there. They fell just short of Russellville by a score of 35-33. While losing is never fun, the Bears can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Arkansas football rankings (they are ranked 99th, while the Cyclones are ranked 34th).
Meanwhile, after soaring to 37 points the game before, Marion was a bit more limited in their contest two weeks ago. They took a blow against Conway, falling 49-7. The loss was the Patriots' first of the season.
Sylvan Hills' loss dropped their record down to 0-3. As for Marion, their defeat was their first of the season and makes their record 2-1.
Sylvan Hills was taken down by Marion 61-22 when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Can Sylvan Hills avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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