Two dominant backs in Jaedon Beamon and Drew MacPherson are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Belleville East Lancers will venture away from home to take on the Loyola Academy Ramblers at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Belleville East is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Granite City 71-0 on Friday. Given the Lancers' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois football rankings (they are ranked 69th, while the Warriors are ranked 391st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Belleville East's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Kayden Wood, who threw for 166 yards and three touchdowns while completing 71.4% of his passes, and Beamon, who rushed for 97 yards and a touchdown on only 11 carries.
Meanwhile, Loyola Academy had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 22 points) and they went ahead and made it six on Friday. Everything went their way against the Caravan as they made off with a 31-7 win. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory the Ramblers have posted against the Caravan since September 9, 2017.
Belleville East's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 6-3. As for Loyola Academy, their victory bumped their record up to 7-2.
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