The Oak Creek Knights will challenge the Indian Trail Hawks 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.
Oak Creek is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Wisconsin's top teams: Muskego, who was ranked third in their home state at the time (Oak Creek was ranked 21st). Oak Creek received a blow on Friday as they fell 28-10 to Muskego. The Knights haven't had much luck with the Warriors recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
Meanwhile, Friday just wasn't the day for Indian Trail's offense. They were outmatched by Verona on the road and fell 39-0. While losing is never fun, the Hawks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Wisconsin football rankings (they are ranked 113th, while the Wildcats are ranked eighth).
Oak Creek's loss dropped their record down to 1-1. As for Indian Trail, their defeat dropped their record down to an identical 1-1.
Oak Creek didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against Indian Trail in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, but they still walked away with a 17-12 victory. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Indian Trail's LJ Dagen, who rushed for 124 yards and two touchdowns. Now that he won't be playing on Friday, will it be easier for Oak Creek to walk away with another win? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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