Memorial has won six straight games at home (dating back to last season), while Defiance has won six straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Friday. The Memorial Roughriders will be home for the holidays to greet the Defiance Bulldogs at 7:30 p.m.
Last Friday, Memorial was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap as they fell 47-42 to Celina.
While Defiance didn't have the best season last year (they finished 8-16), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They took down Bryan 53-38 on Saturday.
Defiance's victory bumped their record up to 4-1. As for Memorial, they now have a losing record at 2-3.
Memorial strolled past Defiance in their previous meeting back in December of 2023 by a score of 62-45. Will Memorial repeat their success, or does Defiance have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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