Football Preview: Pymatuning Valley Lakers vs. Mathews Mustangs
The Pymatuning Valley Lakers are taking a road trip to challenge the Mathews Mustangs at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Pymatuning Valley will be strutting in after a victory while Mathews will be coming in after a loss.
Pymatuning Valley is headed into the match after thoroughly thrashing Harding: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Pymatuning Valley blew Harding out of the water with a 38-0 final score. Given the Lakers' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio football rankings (they are ranked 306th, while the Skippers are ranked 616th), the result on Friday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Mathews was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They were beaten by Grand Valley 44-8.
The win made it two in a row for Pymatuning Valley and bumps their season record up to 6-1. As for Mathews, their loss dropped their record down to 1-6.
Everything came up roses for Pymatuning Valley against Mathews in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, as the squad secured a 48-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Pymatuning Valley since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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