After starting their season with two straight games on the road, Colton is finally coming home. They will look to take advantage of their home-field as they take on the Illinois Valley Cougars at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Colton might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 34-14 to Culver, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior. The Vikings have struggled against the Bulldogs recently, as their game on Thursday was their third consecutive lost matchup.
Meanwhile, Illinois Valley came up short against Lowell on Friday and fell 61-54. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (38), the Cougars still had to take the loss.
Despite the defeat, Illinois Valley got top-tier performance from Zack Dugas, who threw for 313 yards and three touchdowns, and also rushed for 82 yards. That's the most rushing yards Dugas has posted since back in September of 2023. 105 of those passing yards were hauled in by Preston Arroyo.
Colton's loss dropped their record down to 0-2. As for Illinois Valley, their defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 1-1.
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