The Warren Dragons are taking a road trip to challenge the Titusville Rockets at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The squads are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Warren has struggled recently with 14 losses in a row, while Titusville will arrive with four straight wins.
Last Friday, Warren was beaten by Cathedral Prep 52-7. While losing is never fun, the Dragons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 552nd, while the Ramblers are ranked 23rd).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Titusville). They blew past Conneaut Area, posting a 46-19 victory at home. The Rockets might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four matches by 27 points or more this season.
Jaxon Covell and Kameron Mong were among the main playmakers for Titusville as the former gained 229 total yards and three touchdowns and the latter gained 214 total yards and three touchdowns. Mong was no stranger to the big play, cutting upfield on a catch that went for 55 yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Ian Mcdonald, who rushed for 16 yards and a touchdown.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Titusville was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 386 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Conneaut Area only rushed for 163.
Titusville's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged three passes before it was all said and done. It was truly a group effort as Blake Ross, Aidan Yoder, and Covell picked up one apiece. Covell is also on a roll when it comes to rushing touchdowns, as he's now punched in two or more in the last five games he's played dating back to last season.
Warren's defeat dropped their record down to 0-4. As for Titusville, their win bumped their record up to 4-1.
Warren was taken down by Titusville 49-19 in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Covell, who rushed for 172 yards and two touchdowns on only 13 carries, and also picked up 44 receiving yards and a touchdown. Now that Warren 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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