Football Preview: Claymont Mustangs vs. Garaway Pirates
Claymont is 1-6 against Garaway since September of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Claymont Mustangs will look to defend their home field against the Garaway Pirates at 7:00 p.m.
Claymont is headed into Friday's contest looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their eighth straight game dating back to last season on Friday. They had to suffer through a 43-8 loss at the hands of Newcomerstown. While losing is never fun, the Mustangs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio football rankings (they are ranked 555th, while the Trojans are ranked 234th).
Meanwhile, Garaway put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They blew past Malvern 41-8 at home. The result was nothing new for the Pirates, who have now won three games by 33 points or more so far this season.
Claymont's defeat dropped their record down to 0-5. As for Garaway, they pushed their record up to 5-0 with the win, which was their 11th straight at home dating back to last season.
Claymont was dealt a bruising 42-7 loss at the hands of Garaway when the teams last played back in September of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Garaway's Brady Geibel, who rushed for 43 yards and two touchdowns, and also threw for 202 yards and two touchdowns while completing 83.3% of his passes. Now that Claymont knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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