The Hannibal Pirates will head out on the road to square off against the Troy-Buchanan Trojans at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Hannibal is headed into the contest after thoroughly thrashing Lutheran: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Hannibal blew Lutheran out of the water with a 57-8 final score. The Pirates pushed the score to 50-8 by the end of the third, a deficit the Cougars had no chance of recovering from.
Meanwhile, Troy-Buchanan humbled O'Fallon with a 55-20 victory. With the Trojans ahead 29-6 at the half, the matchup was all but over already.
Hannibal pushed their record up to 1-1 with that victory, which was their fourth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Troy-Buchanan, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 2-0.
Hannibal didn't have too much breathing room in their match against Troy-Buchanan when the teams last played back in September of 2023, but they still walked away with a 34-28 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Hannibal since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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