Monticello has gone 6-0 against Pontiac recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Monticello Sages will welcome the Pontiac Indians at 7:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Monticello has three straight victories, Pontiac has five straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Monticello will head into Friday's matchup hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big last Friday (they won by 26) but on Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Bloomington Central Catholic , sneaking past 28-25.
Meanwhile, Pontiac was beaten by Paxton-Buckley-Loda 46-14 on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Indians can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois football rankings (they are ranked 418th, while the Panthers are ranked 135th).
Monticello's win bumped their record up to 3-1. As for Pontiac, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-4.
Everything came up roses for Monticello against Pontiac when the teams last played back in September of 2023 as the squad secured a 40-8 victory. Does Monticello have another victory up their sleeve, or will Pontiac turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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