MEDICAL LAKE – The Cardinals boys football team returns home Friday night, Oct. 22, for a Homecoming gridiron grudge match against the Newport Grizzlies (2-4).
Kickoff is set for 7 p.m.
The Cardinals will crown a Homecoming king and queen at halftime.
Both the Class 1A Cardinals (1-4) and Grizzlies (2-4) are coming off losses to the NE1A league opponent the Freeman Scotties.
The No. 7 ranked Scotties topped Newport, 40-8, on Friday, Oct. 8; then routed the Cardinals, 63-0, on Friday night, Oct. 15, on their home field in Rockford.
Newport did not play last week.
In the Cardinals-Scotties matchup, Freeman (6-1) opened the scoring by putting 21 points on the board in the first quarter and never looked back, scoring 14 points in each of the next three quarters. Meanwhile, the Cardinals were unable to get on the board.
The Scotties will next face the Class 2B Brewster Bears, also at home in Rockford. Brewster is coming off a 51-8 win over Manson.
Meanwhile, Freeman will host Class 2B Liberty (Spangle). The 4-2 Lancers are coming off a 40-20 win over league rival Northwest Christian (Colbert) on Friday, Oct. 15.
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