On Saturday Pottstown will have to hit the road after three straight games at home. They will challenge Pope John Paul II at 1:00 p.m. Pottstown hasn't scored more than six points for three games straight, a trend the team is eager to reverse.
Pottstown is headed into the match out to prove that what happened against Phoenixville on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Pottstown was outmatched by Phoenixville at home and fell 42-6. While losing is never fun, the Trojans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 486th, while the Phantoms are ranked 131st).
Meanwhile, Pope John Paul II had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 25 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Friday. They claimed a resounding 41-0 victory over the Falcons on the road. The result was nothing new for Pope John Paul II, who have now won three matchups by 28 points or more so far this season.
Pottstown's loss dropped their record down to 1-6. As for Pope John Paul II, they pushed their record up to 6-1 with the win, which was their fourth straight on the road.
Pottstown was taken down by Pope John Paul II 35-0 in their previous matchup back in November of 2023. Can Pottstown avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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