The Pleasant Grove Hawks are taking a road trip to challenge the Kilgore Bulldogs at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Pleasant Grove will be strutting in after a victory while Kilgore will be coming in after a loss.
Pleasant Grove will roll into the match after a wild two-game stretch: they didn't score any points last Friday, then bounced right back against Daingerfield on Friday. Pleasant Grove really took it to Daingerfield for the full four quarters, racking up a 42-6 win at home. Given the Hawks' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 118th, while the Tigers are ranked 456th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Kilgore started off well but failed to capitalize on an early lead against Gilmer. They fell just short of the Buckeyes by a score of 24-22 on Friday. The contest was a 10-10 toss-up at halftime, but the Bulldogs couldn't quite close it out.
Pleasant Grove pushed their record up to 2-1 with that victory, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season. As for Kilgore, their defeat ended a six-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 2-1.
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