Pleasant Hill/Western hasn't had much luck against Brown County recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Pleasant Hill/Western Wolves are taking a road trip to challenge the Brown County Hornets at 7:00 p.m. Hopefully Pleasant Hill/Western focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up four on Friday.
Pleasant Hill/Western is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took a 54-48 hit to the loss column at the hands of Unity/Seymour. The Wolves have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Pleasant Hill/Western might have lost, but man, Tyler Vandyne was a machine: he rushed for 223 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 8.3 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave Vandyne a new career-high in rushing yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Waylon White, who rushed for 106 yards and a touchdown.
Even if they lost, Pleasant Hill/Western's defensive line still kept up the pressure with seven sacks. In that department, Carter Jones was the leader with 2.5. He is becoming a predictor of Pleasant Hill/Western's success: when he posts at least one sack the team is 2-1 (and 0-5 when he doesn't).
Even though they lost, Pleasant Hill/Western was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 464 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Brown County started off well but failed to capitalize on an early lead against Calhoun/Brussels. They took a hard 31-16 fall against the Warriors on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Hornets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois football rankings (they are ranked 216th, while the Warriors are ranked 100th).
Pleasant Hill/Western's loss dropped their record down to 2-6. As for Brown County, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-4.
Pleasant Hill/Western was taken down by Brown County 50-20 in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. Can Pleasant Hill/Western avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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