Cleveland has enjoyed a three-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will venture away from home to challenge the Pennington Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Cleveland will be strutting in after a victory while Pennington will be coming in after a defeat.
Cleveland is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past West End 28-8 on Friday.
Meanwhile, Pennington came up short against Locust Fork on Friday and fell 51-44. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (31), the Tigers still had to take the loss.
Despite the loss, Pennington got top-tier performance from Connor Timmerman, who threw for 278 yards and four touchdowns, and also rushed for 37 yards and a touchdown.
Cleveland's win ended a seven-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 2-2. As for Pennington, their defeat ended a five-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 3-2.
Cleveland was dealt a bruising 41-0 loss at the hands of Pennington when the teams last played back in September of 2023. Can Cleveland avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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