The Clear Lake Lions will head out on the road to challenge the Charles City Comets at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Clear Lake has seven straight wins, Charles City has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Clear Lake is headed into the matchup after thoroughly thrashing Iowa Falls-Alden: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that the Lions blew the Cadets out of the water with a 56-0 final score. The Lions might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five games by 28 points or more this season.
Meanwhile, Friday just wasn't the day for Charles City's offense. They were dealt a 55-0 loss at the hands of West Delaware on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Comets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Iowa football rankings (they are ranked 164th, while the Hawks are ranked 30th).
Charles City now has a losing record of 3-4. As for Clear Lake, their victory bumped their record up to 7-0.
Everything came up roses for Clear Lake against Charles City in their previous meeting back in October of 2024, as the team secured a 56-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Lions since the squad 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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