The Sandy Creek Cougars will face off against the Fairbury Jeffs at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The timing is sure in Sandy Creek's favor as the squad sits on three straight wins at home while Fairbury has been banged up by five consecutive losses on the road.
Sandy Creek will head into Saturday's contest hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Friday (they won by 21) and on Saturday they proved they can win the close ones too. They had just enough and edged Thayer Central out 40-38.
Meanwhile, Fairbury lost to Syracuse at home by a 42-28 margin on Friday. The match marked the Jeffs' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
Fairbury's defeat dropped their record down to 5-10. As for Sandy Creek, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-6 record this season.
Sandy Creek strolled past Fairbury in their previous meeting back in January of 2024 by a score of 50-32. Will Sandy Creek repeat their success, or does Fairbury have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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