The Bushnell-Prairie City Spartans will take on the Flanagan/Woodland Falcons at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Bushnell-Prairie City is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Illinois' top teams: Amboy/LaMoille/Ohio, who was ranked first in their home state at the time (Bushnell-Prairie City was ranked ninth). Bushnell-Prairie City had to suffer through a 58-22 loss at the hands of Amboy/LaMoille/Ohio.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Flanagan/Woodland). They breezed by West Prairie/Southeastern at home to the tune of 49-12 on Friday. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Falcons considering their seven-point performance the matchup before.
Flanagan/Woodland's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Logan Ruddy and Zandar Radke. Ruddy also set a new season high mark in receiving yards with 213.
Bushnell-Prairie City's loss dropped their record down to 2-2. As for Flanagan/Woodland, their victory bumped their record up to 3-1.
Bushnell-Prairie City and Flanagan/Woodland were neck-and-neck in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, but Bushnell-Prairie City came up empty-handed after a 15-14 defeat. Can Bushnell-Prairie City avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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