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Spring Grove(6-3)Final18-35TLDR: Spring Grove beat Houston 35-18 at home Tuesday in a Section 1 nine-man quarterfinal, Houston's second straight loss.
The win came at Spring Grove, where the No. 2 seed Lions beat the No. 7 seed Hurricanes by 17 points. Spring Grove plays a section semifinal at the higher seed on Saturday, Oct. 31, at 1 p.m.
Houston scores 14 points per game and has allowed 82 points over its last three games. Spring Grove allows 15 points per game with one shutout and scores 32 per game of its own. Spring Grove beat Houston 44-0 when the teams met on Sept. 17.
Spring Grove has won two state titles since 1972, the last in 2018, and has made five state trips, the most recent in 2022. Houston won a title in 2008 over Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley, 22-16, its last of three trips. Spring Grove has won 15 of 16 meetings between the teams since 2010, though Houston won last year's meeting, 24-18. It was 57 degrees and cloudy with a south-southeast wind at kickoff in Spring Grove.
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