The Davenport North Wildcats will head out on the road to face off against the Clinton River Kings at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many points in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Davenport North is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against Western Dubuque on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. The Wildcats were dealt a 35-7 defeat at the hands of the Bobcats. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Iowa football rankings (they are ranked 146th, while the Bobcats are ranked 20th).
The home team had won the previous three meetings between Clinton and Burlington, and Burlington kept the tradition alive. The River Kings took a 23-8 bruising from the Grayhounds on Friday. The contest marked the River Kings' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
The loss snapped Clinton's winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 3-2 record. As for Davenport North, their defeat dropped their record down to an identical 3-2.
Davenport North and Clinton were almost perfectly matched up in their previous matchup back in October of 2017, but Davenport North suffered an agonizing 30-29 loss. Can the Wildcats avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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