The Howell Central Spartans will challenge the Timberland T-Wolves at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Howell Central has given up an average of 38.8 points per game this season, but Friday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
On Friday, Howell Central had to suffer through a 54-17 loss at the hands of Troy-Buchanan. While losing is never fun, the Spartans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Missouri football rankings (they are ranked 147th, while the Trojans are ranked 33rd).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Timberland). They simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat Howell North 61-0. The T-Wolves have beaten the Knights the last seven times they've met, but they better watch out: this was the closest the Knights has come to flipping the script.
The victory was their first at home , bumping their record up to 2-3. As for Howell Central, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 1-4.
Howell Central was able to grind out a solid win over Timberland when the teams last played back in October of 2024, winning 27-14. Will the Spartans repeat their success, or do the T-Wolves have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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