By Buddy "Friday Night" Cobb, Williamson County Bureau
JOHNSTON CITY, Ill. — Friday night football in southern Illinois has no shortage of stakes this week, and Johnston City is right in the middle of it. The Southern Illinoisan lists Flora (4-0) at Johnston City (4-0) among the standout conference matchups on tap for Week 5, a pairing of two teams that have yet to taste defeat this fall.
An unbeaten record this deep into September means something in a conference where every Friday chips away at the pretenders. Johnston City has held up its end so far; Friday tells whether that holds against another unbeaten squad willing to test it.
Kickoff details and full coverage of the conference slate were not detailed beyond the matchup itself, but for a town that lives and dies with its Friday nights, the assignment is simple: protect the zero, at home, against a team that hasn't blinked either.
— Compiled from reporting by the Southern Illinoisan.
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