Jackson and Western open the 2025 season facing each other in Parma.

The last time they met, it came down to the wire in the 2022 Division 3 playoffs with the Vikings scoring late to pull off a come-from-behind win.

This is just the fourth meeting between the two teams, the second since 1978. It is the first time Jackson has faced an in-county opponent in the regular season since closing 2021 with a win over Northwest.

For Western, it will be the first game under new head coach Cody Bentley.

"I think there’s going to be a lot of energy at that game,“ Western’s Cole Archer said. ”I would say that it’s more of a personal thing for us ‚and we want to get out there and win. We want to make everybody know it’s Week 1. We want to get out there and show people what we’re about."

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