Freeburg hasn't had much luck against Columbia recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Freeburg Midgets will venture away from home to challenge the Columbia Eagles at 7:00 p.m. 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.
Freeburg's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Breese Central on Friday. They had to suffer through a 42-0 loss at the hands of the Cougars. While losing is never fun, the Midgets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois football rankings (they are ranked 228th, while the Cougars are ranked 54th).
Freeburg wouldn't let Breese Central keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Freeburg can thank Caleb Tucker and Evan Renneker for forcing both of them.
Meanwhile, Columbia came up short against Roxana on Friday and fell 14-7.
This is the second loss in a row for Freeburg and nudges their season record down to 1-3. As for Columbia, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-2.
Freeburg strolled past Columbia in their previous meeting back in September of 2023 by a score of 28-14. The rematch might be a little tougher for Freeburg since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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