PIASA - Southwestern is at home tonight against Greenville in one of RiverBender.com's featured football games.

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Coach Aaron Fricke said he is always excited to play at home with his team.

"We had a good crowd at our away game last week against Hillsboro and I think we will have a good crowd tonight," he said. "This is my third year coaching and I think win or lose, we play good football and we will provide the fans something they will be proud of."

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Southwestern, 0-1, lost to Hillsboro 29-22 last week at Hillsboro. Greenville beat Litchfield/Lincolnwood 39-25.

Greenville has a lot of skilled players, Fricke said.

He said the Piasa Birds and Greenville have a similar spread type of offense and run great pass routes.

"We are excited for the challenge of playing Greenville again," the coach said.

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