Ellwood City's game last Friday was a loss, but they didn't let that memory haunt them on Friday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Shenango Wildcats a 21-0 shutout. This was payback for the Wolverine, who suffered a 49-14 defeat the last time these two teams met.
The critical scores for Ellwood City came from Richard Cureton, DaiLonn Currie, and Anthony Barberio.
Wolverine
| 08/29/25 @ Shenango | 21-0 |
| 10/11/24 @ Riverside | 13-9 |
| 10/05/24 @ Western Beaver | 26-20 |
| 09/20/24 @ Freedom Area | 43-3 |
| 09/06/24 @ Neshannock | 28-21 |
| 08/23/24 @ Laurel | 14-7 |
Ellwood City pushed their record up to 1-1 with the win, which was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season. The road victories came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 10.0 points on average over those games. As for Shenango, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 0-2.
Ellwood City and Shenango could both be facing uphill battles in their next games considering their disadvantage in the MaxPreps Pennsylvania Rankings. The Wolverine (ranked 375th) will meet Neshannock (ranked 169th) at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Meanwhile, Shenango will face off against Mohawk Area at 7:00 p.m. on Friday with a big rank disadvantage (466 vs. 177).
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