Football Preview: Steubenville Big Red vs. McDowell Trojans
The Steubenville Big Red will face off against the McDowell Trojans at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Steubenville comes in on seven and McDowell on five.
If Steubenville beats McDowell with 48 points on Friday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two matches with that exact score. Steubenville blew past Linsly 48-14 at home last Friday. Considering the Big Red have won four contests by more than 29 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Meanwhile, McDowell had just enough and edged Austintown-Fitch out 38-35 on Friday. 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. Those 90 rushing yards gave him a new career-high. Kayden Dodds was Myers' top target, picking up 97 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Steubenville's victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-0. As for McDowell, their win bumped their record up to 6-2.
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