The Mendota Trojans will face off against the Mercer County Golden Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with 11 consecutive losses dating back to last season for Mendota and four for Mercer County.
Mendota is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against Erie-Prophetstown on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Mendota was outmatched by Erie-Prophetstown at home and fell 37-7. The Trojans were down 30-0 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 57-20, which was the final score in Mercer County's tilt against Princeton on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Golden Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois football rankings (they are ranked 311th, while the Tigers are ranked 130th).
Mendota's defeat dropped their record down to 0-8. As for Mercer County, their loss dropped their record down to 3-5.
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