The Southwestern Trojans will head out to take on the Portville/Cuba-Rushford/Hinsdale Central Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Southwestern is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 48 points back in September, they were much more limited against Salamanca last Friday. They lost 27-3 to the Warriors. While losing is never fun, the Trojans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New York football rankings (they are ranked 258th, while the Warriors are ranked 105th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Portville/Cuba-Rushford/Hinsdale Central). They claimed a resounding 56-24 win over Eden/North Collins on the road.
Southwestern's defeat ended a six-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 2-1. As for Portville/Cuba-Rushford/Hinsdale Central, the victory got them back to even at 2-2.
Southwestern skirted past Portville/Cuba-Rushford/Hinsdale Central 3-0 in their previous matchup back in September of 2023. The rematch might be a little tougher for Southwestern 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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