Football Game Preview: Charlestown Leaves Home

By Team Reports Sep 17, 2024, 1:35am

Football Preview: Charlestown Pirates vs. Providence Pioneers

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Charlestown and Providence are an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2014, but not for long. The Charlestown Pirates will challenge the Providence Pioneers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.

Charlestown is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 35 points two weeks ago, they were much more limited against North Harrison on Friday. They were beaten by the Cougars 35-6.

Meanwhile, Providence put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They took their game at home with ease, bagging a 45-6 win over Clarksville. The matchup marked the Pioneers' most dominant victory of the season so far.

The critical scores for Providence came from Hudson Lannan, Lucas Mauk, and Preston Kempf.

Charlestown's loss dropped their record down to 1-3. As for Providence, they pushed their record up to 4-0 with that win, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season.

Charlestown was taken down by Providence 42-14 in their previous matchup back in September of 2023. Thankfully for Charlestown, Luke Kruer (who rushed for 167 yards and a touchdown while picking up 8.8 yards per carry) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.

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