The Franklin Wildcats will challenge the Monroe Hornets at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
It's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 34-7, which was the final score in Franklin's tilt against Carlisle on Friday. The Wildcats were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 21-0.
Meanwhile, Monroe had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 9.7 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Friday. They took down the Blue Lions 24-7. Given the Hornets' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio football rankings (they are ranked 230th, while the Blue Lions are ranked 515th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Franklin now has a losing record at 2-3. As for Monroe, their victory bumped their record up to 5-1.
Franklin strolled past Monroe when the teams last played back in September of 2023 by a score of 28-14. Will Franklin repeat their success, or does Monroe have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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