Football Preview: Honesdale Hornets vs. Western Wayne Wildcats
Honesdale is 1-9 against Western Wayne since October of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Honesdale Hornets will host the Western Wayne Wildcats at 7:00 p.m.
Honesdale is headed into Friday's contest looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their third straight game on Friday. The game between them and Valley View wasn't particularly close, with Honesdale falling 36-20. While losing is never fun, the Hornets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 281st, while the Cougars are ranked 132nd).
Although Honesdale took the loss, they still got scores from Mason Avery, Gabe Duda, and Duda.
Meanwhile, Western Wayne put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They blew past Old Forge 52-14 at home. Considering the Wildcats have won four matchups by more than 20 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Honesdale now has a losing record at 2-3. As for Western Wayne, they pushed their record up to 5-0 with the win, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season.
Honesdale lost to Western Wayne at home by a decisive 35-20 margin in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Western Wayne's Josh Vinton, who rushed for 205 yards and two touchdowns. Now that Honesdale knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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