An exciting East v. West battle is about to be fought. The Belleville East Lancers will be playing in front of their home fans against the Belleville West Maroons at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Given that both suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.
Belleville East is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 36 points last Saturday, they were much more limited against Edwardsville on Friday. They took a 20-10 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Tigers. While losing is never fun, the Lancers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois football rankings (they are ranked 69th, while the Tigers are ranked 17th).
Meanwhile, Belleville West entered their game against O'Fallon on Friday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Belleville West fell just short of O'Fallon by a score of 18-15. The Maroons' loss continues a trend for the squad, making it three in a row.
Belleville East's defeat dropped their record down to 4-3. As for Belleville West, they now have a losing record at 3-4.
Everything came up roses for Belleville East against Belleville West in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, as the team secured a 37-0 victory. Does Belleville East have another victory up their sleeve, or will Belleville West turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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