Football Preview: Hickory Hornets vs. Corry Beavers
Hickory is 4-0 against Corry since September of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Hickory Hornets are on the road again to play the Corry Beavers at 7:00 p.m. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Hickory is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. Their defense stepped up to hand Slippery Rock a 2-0 shutout. Given the Hornets' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 111th, while the Rockets are ranked 484th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Corry waltzed into their match on Friday with five straight wins... but they left with six. They skirted past the Bison 9-6. The nine-point effort marked the Beavers' lowest-scoring game of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Hickory's win bumped their record up to 9-1. As for Corry, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 9-2 record this season.
Everything came up roses for Hickory against Corry when the teams last played back in October of 2021, as the team secured a 45-7 victory. Does Hickory have another victory up their sleeve, or will Corry turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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