An exciting East v. West battle is about to be fought. The Belleville West Maroons will challenge the Belleville East Lancers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Belleville West is no doubt hoping to put an end to a three-game streak of away losses.
Belleville West will head into Friday's game ready to turn things around: they couldn't quite beat O'Fallon on Friday, but the three-point margin was a huge improvement compared to the 63-point loss they were dealt last Friday. Belleville West fell just short of O'Fallon by a score of 18-15. That makes it the first time this season the Maroons have let down their home crowd.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 36 points the game before, Belleville East was a bit more limited in their matchup on Friday. They fell 20-10 to Edwardsville. While losing is never fun, the Lancers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois football rankings (they are ranked 69th, while the Tigers are ranked 17th).
Belleville West now has a losing record at 3-4. As for Belleville East, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-3.
Belleville West was dealt a bruising 37-0 loss at the hands of Belleville East when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Thankfully for Belleville West, Armon Vinson (who threw for 152 yards and three touchdowns, and also punched in a rushing score) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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