The Basile Bearcats will face off against the Grand Lake Hornets at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Basile will be strutting in after a victory while Grand Lake will be coming in after a defeat.
Basile will roll into the matchup after a wild two-game stretch: they didn't score any points last Friday, then bounced right back against Merryville on Friday. The Bearcats breezed past the Panthers to the tune of 49-6. The Bearcats have beaten the Panthers the last nine times they've met, but they better watch out: this was the closest the Panthers has come to flipping the script.
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 55-13, which was the final score in Grand Lake's tilt against Hamilton Christian on Thursday. The contest marked the Hornets' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
Basile's win bumped their record up to 2-4. As for Grand Lake, their loss was their first of the season and makes their record 5-1.
Basile took a serious blow against Grand Lake when the teams last played back in October of 2024, falling 44-12. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of the Hornets' Charles McFarland, who rushed for 123 yards and three touchdowns on only 11 carries. Now that the Bearcats know the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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