The Pillager Huskies are taking a road trip to face off against the Hawley Nuggets at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Pillager has four straight victories, Hawley has five straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
If Pillager beats Hawley with 27 points on Friday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two games with that exact score. The Huskies enjoyed a cozy 27-12 win over Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton on Friday.
Meanwhile, Hawley suffered their closest defeat since October 4, 2024 on Friday. They fell just short of Barnesville by a score of 38-36. While losing is never fun, the Nuggets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Minnesota football rankings (they are ranked 192nd, while the Trojans are ranked 47th).
Pillager's victory bumped their record up to 4-0. As for Hawley, their loss dropped their record down to 0-3.
Pillager was dealt a bruising 42-6 defeat at the hands of Hawley in their previous meeting back in September of 2022. Can the Huskies avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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