Slippery Rock is 2-8 against Grove City since September of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Saturday. The Slippery Rock Rockets will venture away from home to face off against the Grove City Eagles at 7:00 p.m. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Slippery Rock's offense might be in the hot seat on Saturday considering what happened against Sharon on Friday. They were outmatched by the Tigers on the road and fell 42-0. While losing is never fun, the Rockets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 434th, while the Tigers are ranked 117th).
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 36-7, which was the final score in Grove City's tilt against Titusville on Friday. The loss was the Eagles' first of the season.
Slippery Rock now has a losing record at 1-2. As for Grove City, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-1.
Slippery Rock was taken down by Grove City 47-14 when the teams last played back in September of 2023. Thankfully for Slippery Rock, Hunter Hohman (who threw for 359 yards and three touchdowns while completing 80.6% of his passes, and also rushed for 58 yards and two touchdowns on only seven carries) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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