Proviso West is 0-10 against Oak Park-River Forest since September of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Proviso West Panthers will venture away from home to square off against the Oak Park-River Forest Huskies at 7:30 p.m. Proviso West will be strutting in after a win while Oak Park-River Forest will be coming in after a loss.
Last Saturday, Proviso West didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Proviso East, but they still walked away with a 16-12 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Panthers.
Meanwhile, Oak Park-River Forest was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their eighth straight defeat. They came up short against Morgan Park, falling 26-0. While losing is never fun, the Huskies can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois football rankings (they are ranked 273rd, while the Mustangs are ranked 45th).
Proviso West's win ended a five-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 2-0. As for Oak Park-River Forest, their loss dropped their record down to 0-2.
Proviso West lost to Oak Park-River Forest on the road by a decisive 33-14 margin when the teams last played back in September of 2023. Can Proviso West avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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