Football Game Preview: Canon-McMillan Big Macs vs. Norwin Knights

By Team Reports Oct 14, 2024, 11:56pm

Football Preview: Canon-McMillan Big Macs vs. Norwin Knights

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Canon-McMillan and Norwin are an even 3-3 against one another since September of 2016, but not for long. The Canon-McMillan Big Macs will be playing at home against the Norwin Knights at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with three consecutive losses for Canon-McMillan and six for Norwin.

Canon-McMillan is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against North Allegheny on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Canon-McMillan had to suffer through a 38-6 loss at the hands of North Allegheny. While losing is never fun, the Big Macs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 124th, while the Tigers are ranked 14th).

Meanwhile, Norwin and Central Catholic met for a duel on Friday where Norwin couldn't get it done. Norwin was beaten by Central Catholic 59-14.

Canon-McMillan's defeat dropped their record down to 2-6. As for Norwin, their loss dropped their record down to an identical 2-6.

Canon-McMillan came up short against Norwin in their previous meeting back in October of 2021, falling 16-7. Thankfully for Canon-McMillan, Dom Barca (who rushed for 128 yards and a touchdown on only 12 carries, and also caught a touchdown) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.

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