Larkin is on a five-game streak of home losses also dating back to last season, St. Patrick a six-game streak of away losses also dating back to last season, but someone's luck is about to change on Friday. The Larkin Royals will look to take advantage of their home-field for the first time this season as they take on the St. Patrick Shamrocks at 7:00 p.m. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
Larkin is headed into their home opener looking to turn things around after opening their season on the road. They were beaten by Geneva 63-0 on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Royals can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois football rankings (they are ranked 362nd, while the Vikings are ranked 31st).
Meanwhile, St. Patrick didn't have quite enough to beat Niles Notre Dame on Friday and fell 15-13.
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