The Richards Bulldogs will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against the Lemont Lemont HS at 7:00 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Richards' defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They put the hurt on Shepard with a sharp 21-0 victory. Given the Bulldogs' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois football rankings (they are ranked 85th, while the Astros are ranked 216th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Lemont had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 21.7 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Friday. They breezed by the Braves on the road to the tune of 38-0. The match marked the Lemont HS's most dominant win of the season.
Richards' victory was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 5-1. As for Lemont, their win bumped their record up to 4-2.
Everything went Richards' way against Lemont in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, as Richards made off with a 21-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Richards since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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