The Ore City Rebels will venture away from home to challenge the Union Grove Lions at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Ore City will come in still looking for their first win of the season.
Ore City is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They were beaten by Hawkins 80-47 on Friday.
Meanwhile, Union Grove didn't have quite enough to beat Elysian Fields on Friday and fell 42-40.
Union Grove might have lost, but man, Jace Roberts was a machine: he threw for 237 yards and four touchdowns on only 18 passes, and also rushed for 64 yards and two touchdowns. Roberts' passing game has become a key predictor of Union Grove's success: the team is undefeated when his passer rating is 100 or higher, but only 1-2 otherwise.
Ore City's loss dropped their record down to 0-6. As for Union Grove, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-2.
Ore City was able to grind out a solid victory over Union Grove in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, winning 40-29. Does Ore City have another victory up their sleeve, or will Union Grove turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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