White House hasn't had much luck against Pearl-Cohn recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The White House Blue Devils will host the Pearl-Cohn Firebirds at 7:00 p.m.
White House is headed into the match out to prove that what happened against Upperman on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. White House was outmatched by Upperman on the road and fell 42-6. The contest marked the Blue Devils' lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.
Meanwhile, Pearl-Cohn had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 35 points) and they went ahead and made it six on Friday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the Bobcats 62-0 at home. The result was nothing new for the Firebirds, who have now won five games by 34 points or more so far this season.
Pearl-Cohn found their leader in underclassman Lj Funk, who threw for 123 yards and three touchdowns while completing 71.4% of his passes, and also rushed for 40 yards and a touchdown. Donovan Higgins was Funk's top target, picking up 65 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
This is the second loss in a row for White House and nudges their season record down to 4-4. As for Pearl-Cohn, they pushed their record up to 6-2 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home.
White House took a serious blow against Pearl-Cohn when the teams last played back in October of 2023, falling 56-6. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point White House was down 42-0.
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