The West Allegheny Indians will head out to square off against the Montour Spartans at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
West Allegheny is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They really took it to Blackhawk for the full four quarters, racking up a 53-7 victory on the road. The contest was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 28-7.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, West Allegheny was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 382 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since the start of last season.
Meanwhile, Montour put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They slipped by Aliquippa 36-35. The defensive woes were uncharacteristic for the Spartans, who until this game were averaging 12.33 points allowed.
Montour didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. In fact, those interceptions all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Kaleb Platz. What's more, he also racked up 16 rushing yards, the mosthe's had since back in August.
The win made it two in a row for West Allegheny and bumps their season record up to 5-3. As for Montour, they pushed their record up to 9-0 with the victory, which was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season.
West Allegheny was taken down by Montour 49-17 in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. Thankfully for West Allegheny, Jake Wolfe (who threw for 397 yards and five touchdowns while completing 83.3% of his passes, and also rushed for 118 yards and a touchdown) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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