Football Preview: Union Area Scotties vs. Ellwood City Wolverine
Union Area is 3-0 against Ellwood City since September of 2021, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Union Area Scotties are taking a road trip to square off against the Ellwood City Wolverine at 7:00 p.m. Union Area will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more points each match than the last.
Union Area is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They came out on top against Freedom Area by a score of 36-23 on Friday. That's two games straight that the Scotties have won by exactly 13 points.
Meanwhile, Ellwood City put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They snuck past Riverside with a 13-9 victory. The 13-point effort marked the Wolverine's lowest-scoring contest of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Ellwood City got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Elijah Palmer-McCane out in front who rushed for 148 yards. Palmer-McCane's rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his third straight game with at least 110 rushing yards.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Ellwood City's defense and their four sacks. Kaden Docchio was especially locked on to Riverside's QB and sacked him twice. Deklan O'Brien was another major factor on D, picking up a sack and making ten total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Union Area's victory bumped their record up to 2-5. As for Ellwood City, their win was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 7-0.
Union Area beat Ellwood City 34-21 in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. Does Union Area have another victory up their sleeve, or will Ellwood City turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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