Football Preview: Monessen Greyhounds vs. Chartiers-Houston Buccaneers
The Monessen Greyhounds will head out to challenge the Chartiers-Houston Buccaneers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Chartiers-Houston took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Monessen, who comes in off a win.
Monessen's offense will try to repeat the strong performance it gave on Saturday, when they got past South Side's usually-dominant defense. Monessen strolled past South Side with points to spare, taking the game 32-17.
Meanwhile, Chartiers-Houston fell victim to Bishop Canevin and their airtight defense on Friday. They had to suffer through a 70-0 loss at the hands of the Crusaders. While losing is never fun, the Buccaneers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 394th, while the Crusaders are ranked 109th).
Monessen's victory bumped their record up to 5-1. As for Chartiers-Houston, their loss dropped their record down to 3-3.
Monessen couldn't quite finish off Chartiers-Houston when the teams last played back in October of 2019 and fell 21-19. Thankfully for Monessen, Tyler Blumen (who picked up 61 receiving yards and two touchdowns, and also rushed for 87 yards on only seven 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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