Belleville West is 0-10 against Edwardsville since October of 2014 but things could change on Friday. The Belleville West Maroons will head out to square off against the Edwardsville Tigers at 7:00 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Last Friday, everything went Belleville West's way against Alton as Belleville West made off with a 44-22 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Maroons.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Edwardsville). They blew past O'Fallon 46-10 at home on Friday. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois football rankings (they are ranked 14th, while the Panthers are ranked 191st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Belleville West's win bumped their record up to 3-1. As for Edwardsville, their victory bumped their record up to an identical 3-1.
Belleville West was dealt a bruising 48-0 loss at the hands of Edwardsville when the teams last played back in September of 2023. Can Belleville West avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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