Since 2019, no team aside from South Range has won the Northeast 8 Conference. For most of that span, no team had even beaten South Range, as the Raiders compiled a nearly six-year, 42-game win streak against NE8 opponents.

However, 2025 has been a much different year for the league.

Not only has South Range’s win streak been snapped, the Raiders now have lost back-to-back conference games. And Poland and Girard, the teams responsible for that skid and the only two teams without a loss in league play, will face off tonight in what could prove to be the ultimate decider in this season’s NE8 title race.

“I think the kids understand what’s at stake here,” Poland head coach Tom Pavlansky said. “But most of all, they understand the opponent that we’re playing is extremely talented and well-c

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