Football Preview: Wellsboro Hornets vs. Athens Wildcats
Wellsboro has gone 7-2 against Athens recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Wellsboro Hornets will venture away from home to challenge the Athens Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. Wellsboro is no doubt hoping to put an end to a six-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
Having struggled with ten defeats in a row dating back to last season, Wellsboro finally turned things around against Cowanesque Valley on Friday. They took their game at home with ease, bagging a 40-8 victory over the Indians. The Hornets pushed the score to 34-8 by the end of the third, a deficit the Indians had little chance of recovering from.
Meanwhile, Athens entered their matchup against North Penn-Mansfield on Saturday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Athens fell just short of North Penn-Mansfield by a score of 16-14. The Wildcats have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Although Athens took the loss, they still got scores from Connor Davidson and Gage Marmor.
Wellsboro's win ended a six-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 1-4. As for Athens, they now have a losing record at 2-3.
Wellsboro strolled past Athens in their previous matchup back in September of 2023 by a score of 26-12. Does Wellsboro have another victory up their sleeve, or will Athens turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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