Football Preview: Fort Cherry Rangers vs. Monessen Greyhounds
Fort Cherry is 3-0 against Monessen since September of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Fort Cherry Rangers will head out on the road to challenge the Monessen Greyhounds at 7:00 p.m. The two teams have allowed few points on average, (Fort Cherry: 5, Monessen: 15.5) so any points scored will be well earned.
Fort Cherry is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Chartiers-Houston, posting a 42-6 win at home. Given the Rangers' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 120th, while the Buccaneers are ranked 450th), the result on Friday wasn't entirely unexpected.
While Monessen didn't have the best season last year (they finished 4-7), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They snuck past Serra Catholic with a 20-14 victory on Friday. The Greyhounds' win was nothing new given the team hasn't lost yet this season.
Fort Cherry's victory was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 4-0. As for Monessen, their win bumped their record up to an identical 4-0.
Fort Cherry strolled past Monessen in their previous meeting back in November of 2022 by a score of 56-42. The rematch might be a little tougher for Fort Cherry since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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