Football Preview: Honesdale Hornets vs. Western Wayne Wildcats
Honesdale is 1-9 against Western Wayne since October of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Honesdale Hornets will welcome the Western Wayne Wildcats at 7:00 p.m.
Honesdale is headed into Friday's matchup looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their third straight game on Friday. They took a 36-20 bruising from Valley View. Despite 73 more yards than the Cougars, the Hornets couldn't convert that extra yardage to scores.
Although Honesdale took the loss, they still got scores from Mason Avery, Gabe Duda, and Duda.
Meanwhile, Western Wayne put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They claimed a resounding 52-14 win over Old Forge at home. Considering the Wildcats have won four matches by more than 20 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Honesdale now has a losing record at 2-3. As for Western Wayne, their victory was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 5-0.
Honesdale ended up a good deal behind Western Wayne when the teams last played back in October of 2023, losing 35-20. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Western Wayne's Josh Vinton, who rushed for 205 yards and two touchdowns. Now that Honesdale knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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