MUNSTER - Kankakee Valley will try to avoid a winless regular season when it visits Munster on Friday.
The Kougars have lost nine straight games dating to last season's playoff loss to Hobart and have been shut out five times this season. Kankakee Valley has scored 19 points and allowed 418 in eight games. The Kougars lost 28-0 to Highland last week. Quarterback Parker Harrington scored their only touchdown in a 55-6 loss at Lowell on Oct. 2. Kankakee Valley is 0-4 on the road this season and has been outscored 194-6 over its last four games. The Kougars went 2-9 last season.
Munster fell 28-7 to Lowell last week, a week after scoring a season-high 52 points in a win at Highland. The Mustangs have won two of their last four games and have scored at least 37 points four times this season. Munster opened the season with a 37-35 win at Lake Central and also beat East Chicago Central 38-14. The Mustangs are 1-3 at home. Their 52-34 win at Highland on Oct. 2 was their highest-scoring game of the season.
Munster leads the series 16-7 since 2004 and won last season's meeting 17-14 at Kankakee Valley. Kankakee Valley's most recent win came 15-6 at Gary West Side on Oct. 24, 2025.
The teams share five common opponents this season. Andrean beat Kankakee Valley 51-6 and Munster 38-14. Hobart beat the Kougars 72-0 and the Mustangs 63-21. Lowell beat Kankakee Valley 55-6 and Munster 28-7. Hanover Central beat Kankakee Valley 50-0 and Munster 21-14. Highland lost to Munster 52-34 and beat Kankakee Valley 28-0.
Munster has allowed 281 points this season, an average of about 35 per game.
Both teams are playing their final regular-season game before the IHSAA sectionals. A Munster win would give the Mustangs four wins and a second conference victory. A Kankakee Valley win would be the Kougars' first of the season.
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