The Point Pleasant Big Blacks will challenge the John Marshall Monarchs at 7:30 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.
Point Pleasant is headed into the match out to prove that what happened against Fort Frye on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Point Pleasant was outmatched by Fort Frye at home and fell 35-7. The loss was a bit of a surprise, as the Big Blacks came into the matchup with a sizable advantage in MaxPreps' football rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 44th in West Virginia, while the Cadets are ranked 287th in Ohio).
Meanwhile, John Marshall lost to Fairfield Union at home by a 23-6 margin on Friday. The Monarchs have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Point Pleasant now has a losing record at 3-4. As for John Marshall, their loss dropped their record down to 1-7.
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