Granite City was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their 18th straight defeat dating back to last season. They had to suffer through a 71-0 loss at the hands of the Belleville East Lancers. 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 391st, while the Lancers are ranked 69th).
Leading Belleville East to victory were Kayden Wood and Jaedon Beamon. Wood threw for 166 yards and three touchdowns while completing 71.4% of his passes, while Beamon rushed for 97 yards and a touchdown on only 11 carries.
Granite City's loss dropped their record down to 0-9. As for Belleville East, their victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 6-3.
Granite City does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Belleville East, they will venture away from home to face off against Loyola Academy at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Belleville East is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 28.1 points per game this season.
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