Football Preview: McKeesport Tigers vs. Upper St. Clair Panthers
McKeesport has gone 4-0 against Upper St. Clair recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The McKeesport Tigers will be playing in front of their home fans against the Upper St. Clair Panthers at 7:00 p.m. Both are strolling into their matches after big wins in their previous games.
Having struggled with four losses in a row dating back to last season, McKeesport finally turned things around against Belle Vernon on Friday. They put the hurt on the Leopards with a sharp 28-7 victory. The score at the end of the third wound up being the final score as the Tigers just coasted through the last quarter.
Meanwhile, Upper St. Clair put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They blew past Hampton 62-7 on the road. Fans of the Panthers have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 20+ point.
Upper St. Clair's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Dante Coury led the charge by rushing for 154 yards on only seven carries. The dominant performance gave Coury a new career-high in rushing yards. Another back making a difference was John Banbury, who rushed for 119 yards.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Upper St. Clair was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 303 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 151 rushing yards in nine consecutive games dating back to last season.
McKeesport's first win this season bumped their record up to 1-3. As for Upper St. Clair, their victory bumped their record up to 4-0.
McKeesport didn't have too much breathing room in their matchup against Upper St. Clair in their previous matchup back in November of 2018, but they still walked away with a 13-7 win. Will McKeesport repeat their success, or does Upper St. Clair have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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