Football Preview: McDowell Trojans vs. Steubenville Big Red
The McDowell Trojans are taking a road trip to take on the Steubenville Big Red at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as McDowell comes in on five and Steubenville on seven.
McDowell will head into Friday's contest hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big last Friday (they won by 23) but on Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 38-35 victory over Austintown-Fitch. Given the Trojans' advantage in MaxPreps' football rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 16th in Pennsylvania, while the Falcons are ranked 63rd in Ohio), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Blayze Myers continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, throwing for 400 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 10.8 yards per attempt, and also rushing for 90 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. 97 of those passing yards were hauled in by Kayden Dodds, who also brought in a receiving touchdown.
Meanwhile, Steubenville won against Wheeling Park back in September with 48 points and they decided to stick to that point total again last Friday. Steubenville breezed by Linsly at home to the tune of 48-14. The Big Red might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four games by 30 points or more this season.
McDowell's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 6-2. As for Steubenville, their victory bumped their record up to 7-0.
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