Football Preview: Firestone Falcons vs. East Dragons
Firestone is 1-8 against East since October of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Saturday. The Firestone Falcons are on the road again to play the East Dragons at 12:00 p.m.
Firestone's offense might be in the hot seat on Saturday considering what happened against Garfield Community Learning Center on Saturday. They might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 12-0 to the Golden Rams, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior.
Meanwhile, East had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 35 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They blew past the Vikings, posting a 45-6 victory on the road. Given the Dragons' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio football rankings (they are ranked 244th, while the Vikings are ranked 617th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Firestone's defeat dropped their record down to 2-6. As for East, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a massive bump to their 4-3 record this season.
Firestone ended up a good deal behind East when the teams last played back in September of 2023, losing 14-0. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of East's Ziaire Stevens, who rushed for 176 yards and a touchdown while picking up 11.0 yards per carry. Now that Firestone knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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