Pleasant Hill/Western is on a seven-game streak of home losses also dating back to last season, North Greene a six-game streak of away losses also dating back to last season, but someone's luck is about to change on Friday. The Pleasant Hill/Western Wolves will welcome the North Greene Spartans at 7:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Pleasant Hill/Western fought the good fight in their overtime matchup against West Central co-op [Winchester-Bluffs] on Friday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Cougars by a score of 22-20. While losing is never fun, the Wolves can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois football rankings (they are ranked 387th, while the Cougars are ranked 193rd).
Although Pleasant Hill/Western took the loss, they still got scores from Tyler Vandyne, Rydor Rodhouse, and Brody Dolbeare.
Meanwhile, North Greene fell victim to Carrollton and their airtight defense on Friday. They were outmatched by the Hawks on the road and fell 42-0. That's two games in a row now that the Spartans have lost by exactly 42 points.
North Greene wouldn't let Carrollton keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. North Greene can thank Brody Berry and Garret Hazelwonder for forcing both of them. Hazelwonder also set a new season high mark in total tackles with four.
Pleasant Hill/Western's defeat dropped their record down to 1-4. As for North Greene, their loss dropped their record down to 0-5.
Pleasant Hill/Western strolled past North Greene in their previous matchup back in September of 2023 by a score of 28-14. Will Pleasant Hill/Western repeat their success, or does North Greene have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
