Peoria has gone 9-1 against Manual recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Peoria Lions will be playing at home against the Manual Rams at 7:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Peoria has three straight victories, Manual has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Last Friday, Peoria didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Morris, but they still walked away with a 58-52 win. That's two games straight that the Lions have won by exactly six points.
Meanwhile, Manual took a blow against Bloomington on Friday, falling 41-8. While losing is never fun, the Rams can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois football rankings (they are ranked 422nd, while the Purple Raiders are ranked 111th).
Peoria's victory bumped their record up to 3-0. As for Manual, their loss dropped their record down to 0-3.
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