The Waynesburg Central Raiders will look to take advantage of their home-field for the first time this season as they take on the Jefferson-Morgan Rockets at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Waynesburg Central is coming home in high spirits after they had to open their season on the road against West Greene. Waynesburg Central claimed a resounding 42-7 victory over West Greene on the road.
Jacob Stephenson was a one-man wrecking crew for Waynesburg Central as he rushed for 139 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 8.7 yards per carry, and also threw for 190 yards and a touchdown. Jack Ricciuti was Stephenson's top target, picking up 95 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Meanwhile, you're bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter, and that's exactly how it played out for Jefferson-Morgan on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that they blew Chartiers-Houston out of the water with a 35-6 final score. The game was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 21-0.
Houston Guesman was nothing short of spectacular: he threw for 201 yards and four touchdowns on only 16 passes, and also rushed for 96 yards on only six carries. Another player making a difference was John Woodward, who rushed for 132 yards while picking up 7.8 yards per carry.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Jefferson-Morgan was moving up and down the field and finished the game with 429 total yards. That's the most total yards they've posted since back in August of 2023.
Waynesburg Central was able to grind out a solid win over Jefferson-Morgan in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, winning 19-7. Will Waynesburg Central repeat their success, or does Jefferson-Morgan have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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