Football Preview: Scranton Knights vs. Wallenpaupack Area Buckhorns
The Scranton Knights will head out on the road to take on the Wallenpaupack Area Buckhorns at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Scranton's defense has only allowed 17.2 points per game this season, so Wallenpaupack Area's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Scranton's usually-dominant defense will be looking to make up for Friday's struggle, when Valley View offense got past them. Scranton took a 34-21 hit to the loss column at the hands of Valley View on Friday. The Knights haven't had much luck with the Cougars recently, as the team's come up short the last five times they've met.
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 42-13, which was the final score in Wallenpaupack Area's tilt against Scranton Prep on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Buckhorns can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 211th, while the Cavaliers are ranked 40th).
Scranton's loss dropped their record down to 4-2. As for Wallenpaupack Area, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 3-3.
Everything went Scranton's way against Wallenpaupack Area when the teams last played back in October of 2023, as Scranton made off with a 35-14 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Scranton since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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