The Pleasant Grove Hawks will take on Sunnyvale at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Pleasant Grove will be looking to keep their seven-game home win streak dating back to last season alive.
Pleasant Grove's usually-dominant defense will be looking to make up for Friday's struggle, when Kilgore offense got past them. Pleasant Grove took a 37-31 hit to the loss column at the hands of Kilgore. While losing is never fun, the Hawks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 122nd, while the Bulldogs are ranked 30th).
Meanwhile, Sunnyvale lost to Van on the road by a 28-14 margin on Friday.
Despite the defeat, Sunnyvale got top-tier performance from Jaden Cross, who picked up 88 receiving yards and two touchdowns, and also rushed for 35 yards. Cross didn't just play on offense: he also picked up a sack and made 12 total tackles.
Pleasant Grove's loss dropped their record down to 2-2. As for Sunnyvale, their defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 2-2.
Pleasant Grove took their victory against Sunnyvale in their previous matchup back in November of 2019 by a conclusive 49-28. In that match, Pleasant Grove amassed a halftime lead of 28-7, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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