Football Preview: Uniontown Red Raiders vs. Connellsville Falcons
Uniontown is 0-4 against Connellsville since August of 2016 but things could change on Friday. The Uniontown Red Raiders will host the Connellsville Falcons at 7:00 p.m. Given that both suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.
Uniontown is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 49 points back in September, they were much more limited against Northern on Friday. They were outmatched by the Huskies on the road and fell 58-6. The contest marked the Red Raiders' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
Meanwhile, it was a Battle of the Birds when Connellsville took on University on Friday. Connellsville took a hard 31-13 fall against University. While losing is never fun, the Falcons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' football rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 355th in Pennsylvania, while the Hawks are ranked 24th in West Virginia).
Uniontown now has a losing record at 3-4. As for Connellsville, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-6.
Uniontown suffered a grim 42-17 defeat to Connellsville when the teams last played back in August of 2019. Thankfully for Uniontown, Ky'Ron Craggette (who rushed for 244 yards and three touchdowns on only 15 carries) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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