The Freeport Pretzels will venture away from home to take on the Guilford Vikings at 7:15 p.m. on Friday. Freeport has given up an average of 28.2 points per game this season, but Friday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
Freeport is headed into the game out to prove that what happened against Harlem on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. The Pretzels took a blow against the Huskies, falling 59-14. While losing is never fun, the Pretzels can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois football rankings (they are ranked 262nd, while the Huskies are ranked 115th).
Denarius Epps put forth a good effort for the losing side as he rushed for 111 yards on only 13 carries.
Meanwhile, Guilford had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 17.5 points) and they went ahead and made it five on Thursday. They blew past the J-Hawks 40-14. The score at the end of the third wound up being the final score as the Vikings just coasted through the last quarter.
Guilford's win bumped their record up to 5-1. As for Freeport, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 3-3.
Freeport took a serious blow against Guilford in their previous matchup back in October of 2024, falling 36-0. Can the Pretzels avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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