A victory for St. Marys just wasn't in the cards on Friday as the squad wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They were dealt a 50-13 defeat at the hands of the Port Allegany Gators. While losing is never fun, the Flying Dutch can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 344th, while the Gators are ranked 126th).
Although St. Marys took the loss, they still got scores from Ben Reynolds and Talon Thomas.
It was another big night for Aiden Bliss, who rushed for 212 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 10.1 yards per carry, and also picked up 30 receiving yards for Port Allegany. Bliss' rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his seventh straight game with at least 127 rushing yards dating back to last season. Another back making a difference was Tristan Kiser, who gained 99 total yards and a touchdown.
The loss snapped St. Marys' winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 3-3 record. As for Port Allegany, they pushed their record up to 7-0 with the win, which was their fourth straight on the road.
Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. St. Marys will take on DuBois at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. DuBois is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 43.1 points per game this season. As for Port Allegany, they will look to defend their home field on Saturday against Kane at 1:30 p.m. Port Allegany also hasn't been messing around on offense: they've averged 54.5 points per game.
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