Margaretta is 1-6 against Hopewell-Loudon since September of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Polar Bears will head out on the road to take on the Chieftains at 7:00 p.m. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Margaretta sitting on five straight victories and Hopewell-Loudon on six.
Margaretta is headed into the contest after thoroughly thrashing Woodmore: they outscored them in every quarter. The Polar Bears' defense stepped up to hand the Wildcats a 35-0 shutout on Friday. That's two games straight that the Polar Bears have won by exactly 35 points.
Meanwhile, Hopewell-Loudon was fully in charge on Friday, breezing past Lakota 34-7. Given the Chieftains' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio football rankings (they are ranked 111th, while the Raiders are ranked 486th) , the win wasn't entirely unexpected.
Margaretta's win bumped their record up to 5-1. As for Hopewell-Loudon, their victory bumped their record up to 6-0.
Margaretta took a serious blow against Hopewell-Loudon in their previous matchup back in November of 2024, falling 43-8. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of the Chieftains' Kellen Frankart, who rushed for 93 yards and three touchdowns, and also threw for 69 yards and one TD. Now that the Polar Bears know the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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