The Chartiers-Houston Buccaneers will face off against the Laurel Spartans at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Chartiers-Houston sitting on five straight victories and Laurel on seven.
Chartiers-Houston is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They snuck past South Side with a 26-21 win.
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Aaron Walsh looked great while leading his team to the win, rushing for 119 yards and one TD, while also throwing for 56 yards and one touchdown. That's the most passing yards he has posted since back in September.
Chartiers-Houston didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Dadrien Walls and Brody Lynch.
Meanwhile, you can't lose the game if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Laurel's strategy against Jefferson-Morgan on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that the Spartans blew the Rockets out of the water with a 35-0 final score. Given the Spartans' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 140th, while the Rockets are ranked 309th) , the win wasn't entirely unexpected.
Laurel's win came from a few key players Chartiers-Houston will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Kolton Carlson, who rushed for 91 yards and one score on only eight carries, and also picked up 43 receiving yards. He got the majority of those rushing yards when he took off on a run that went for an incredible 50 yards. Another player making a difference was Ethan Hamilla, who picked up 31 receiving yards and a pair of TDs.
Chartiers-Houston's record now sits at 8-3. As for Laurel, their record is now 10-1.
Chartiers-Houston came up short against Laurel in their previous matchup back in November of 2016, falling 10-6. Can the Buccaneers avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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