Mentor has gone 5-0 against McKinley recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Mentor Cardinals will play host again on Friday to welcome the McKinley Bulldogs, where kickoff is scheduled at 7:00 p.m. Mentor knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 31 points or more in their past ten matchups -- so hopefully McKinley likes a good challenge.
Mentor is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Strongsville 33-0. The result was nothing new for the Cardinals, who have now won ten contests by 23 points or more so far this season.
It was another big night for Jackson Farley, who rushed for 153 yards and a touchdown, and also caught a touchdown. He showed off some serious burst, turning on the afterburners on one carry for 67 yards. Another player making a difference was Scotty Fox, who threw for 145 yards and two touchdowns while completing 81.3% of his passes.
Meanwhile, McKinley sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 35-32 victory over Jackson on Friday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Bulldogs.
McKinley is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 8-4 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 28.9 points per game. As for Mentor, they pushed their record up to 12-0 with the win, which was their seventh straight at home.
Mentor didn't have too much breathing room in their match against McKinley in their previous meeting back in November of 2022, but they still walked away with a 19-14 victory. Will Mentor repeat their success, or does McKinley have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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