Hall and Princeton will meet for either the 100th time Friday night or for the 101st time, depending how you look at it, in their century-long Bureau County gridiron rivalry.

The series dates back to 1915 in records available when the Tigers won 30-6. They did not play from 1929-34 and again from 1937-41 before reuniting when Hall joined the now-defunct NCIC in 1942.

That’s when their history takes a twist.

Princeton beat Hall 34-12 on the field in their first clash in the NCIC. However, it was deemed two weeks after the season that Princeton had played an eligible player throughout the season and had to forfeit all of their games, including the victory over the Red Devils.

So they have met 100 times on the gridiron going into Friday’s meeting in Spring Valley, but just 99 games tha

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