Belleville East is 7-1 against Granite City since October of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Belleville East Lancers and the Granite City Warriors are set to duel. Belleville East is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 26.3 points per game this season.
Belleville East took a loss when they played away from home last Friday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Friday. They were the clear victor by a 38-14 margin over Belleville West. The Lancers' offense checked out after the first half but had enough points banked to take the game anyway.
Xavien Moody had a dynamite game for Belleville East, picking up 58 receiving yards and two touchdowns, while also rushing for 86 yards and a touchdown. Those 86 rushing yards gave Moody a new career-high. Kayden Wood was another key player, throwing for 217 yards and two touchdowns while completing 79.2% of his passes.
Meanwhile, Granite City was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their 17th straight loss dating back to last season. They were outmatched by Althoff Catholic at home and fell 56-6. While losing is never fun, the Warriors can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois football rankings (they are ranked 393rd, while the Crusaders are ranked 36th).
Belleville East has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 5-3 record this season. As for Granite City, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-8.
Everything came up roses for Belleville East against Granite City in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, as the team secured a 68-7 victory. Does Belleville East have another victory up their sleeve, or will Granite City turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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