Oak Forest is 2-7 against Hillcrest since October of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Bengals will challenge the Hawks at 6:00 p.m. Oak Forest knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 31 points or more in their past seven contests -- so hopefully Hillcrest likes a good challenge.
Oak Forest is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Bremen 49-8 on Friday. The Bengals haven't had any issues with the Braves recently, as the game was their third consecutive win against them.
For some reason, the away team has come away with the win the last five times Hillcrest and Lemont have met, but the home crowd finally got their W on Friday. The Hawks fell 31-24 to the Lemont HS.
Hillcrest now has a losing record of 3-4. As for Oak Forest, their victory bumped their record up to 7-0.
Oak Forest didn't have too much breathing room in their matchup against Hillcrest in their previous matchup back in September of 2024, but they still walked away with a 24-20 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Bengals since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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