Football Preview: Struthers Wildcats vs. McKinley Red Dragons
The Struthers Wildcats will head out to square off against the McKinley Red Dragons at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Struthers has three straight victories, McKinley has five straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Struthers is headed into the contest after thoroughly thrashing East: they outscored them in every quarter. Struthers put the hurt on East with a sharp 26-6 win on Friday. The result was nothing new for the Wildcats, who have now won five matchups by 20 points or more so far this season.
Devin Braham was his usual excellent self, rushing for 240 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 8.6 yards per carry. His rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his fifth straight game with at least 141 rushing yards dating back to last season.
Struthers was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 355 rushing yards. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved they're rushing yard total in three consecutive games.
Struthers wouldn't let East keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Struthers can thank Kendis Macleod and Vince Boila for forcing both of them.
Meanwhile, McKinley fell victim to South Range and their airtight defense on Friday. They had to suffer through a 41-0 loss at the hands of the Raiders. While losing is never fun, the Red Dragons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio football rankings (they are ranked 494th, while the Raiders are ranked 44th).
Struthers' victory bumped their record up to 7-1. As for McKinley, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-7.
Everything went Struthers' way against McKinley in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, as Struthers made off with a 21-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Struthers since the squad 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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