The Pleasant Grove Hawks will square off against 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 fell to Kilgore 37-31. 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 also deserves a shoutout for his performance on D, picking up a sack and making 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 win against Sunnyvale in their previous meeting back in November of 2019 by a conclusive 49-28. In that game, Pleasant Grove amassed a halftime lead of 28-7, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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