Pleasant Hill/Western is 0-10 against Greenfield/Northwestern since September of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Pleasant Hill/Western Wolves will be playing at home against the Greenfield/Northwestern Tigers at 7:30 p.m. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Having struggled with four defeats in a row dating back to last season, Pleasant Hill/Western finally turned things around against Beardstown on Friday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Tigers a 20-0 shutout.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Pleasant Hill/Western to victory, but perhaps none more so than Waylon White, who rushed for 97 yards and two touchdowns on only 13 carries. That's the most total yards White has posted since back in September of 2023. Pleasant Hill/Western also got a significant boost from Rydor Rodhouse, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 110 yards.
Pleasant Hill/Western's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Brendan Miller and Isaac Coventon.
Meanwhile, after only six points in their last matchup, Greenfield/Northwestern made sure to put some points up on the board against Unity/Seymour on Friday. Everything went Greenfield/Northwestern's way against Unity/Seymour as Greenfield/Northwestern made off with a 36-12 win. The match was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 28-6.
The victory got Pleasant Hill/Western back to even at 1-1. As for Greenfield/Northwestern, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 2-0.
Pleasant Hill/Western was dealt a bruising 52-16 loss at the hands of Greenfield/Northwestern in their previous matchup back in September of 2023. Thankfully for Pleasant Hill/Western, Dylan Pembrook (who threw for 169 yards and three touchdowns while completing 88.9% of his passes) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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