Football Preview: Brockway Rovers vs. DuBois Beavers
Brockway has been on the road for two straight, but on Friday they'll finally head home. They will welcome the DuBois Beavers at 7:00 p.m. Brockway is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 30 points per game this season.
Brockway will roll into the match after a wild two-game stretch: they didn't score any points last Friday, then bounced right back against Union/Allegheny-Clarion Valley on Thursday. Brockway was the clear victor by a 41-20 margin over Union/Allegheny-Clarion Valley. The result was nothing new for the Rovers, who have now won three matchups by 21 points or more so far this season.
It was another big night for Blake Pisarcik, who rushed for 152 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.6 yards per carry, and also picked up 38 receiving yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Another player making a difference was Aiden Patton, who threw for 194 yards and three touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Brockway was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 250 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 70.2 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last four contests they've averaged 151.8.
Meanwhile, DuBois unfortunately witnessed the end of their six-game winning streak on Friday. They fell 27-14 to St. Marys. While the Beavers didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Flying Dutch 7-0 in the first quarter.
Although DuBois took the loss, they still got scores from Brysen Delaney and Jaxson Hanzely.
Brockway has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 5-3 record this season. As for DuBois, their loss dropped their record down to 6-2.
We should be in store for an exciting game as the two teams have no problem gaining yardage. Brockway has been on an offensive roll this season, having averaged 353.8 total yards per game. However, it's not like DuBois struggles in that department as they've been averaging 393.9. With a pair of commanding offenses duking it out, the defenses are going to have their work cut out for them.
Brockway won a match that couldn't have been any closer when the teams last played back in September of 2023, slipping by DuBois 14-13. Will Brockway repeat their success, or does DuBois have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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