The Conneaut Area Eagles will face off against the Maplewood Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Conneaut Area is coming into the matchup on a three-game losing streak.
Maplewood is facing Conneaut Area at the wrong time: Conneaut Area suffered their first home loss of the season on Friday and they're likely out for redemption. They fell to the Wildcats 26-21.
Despite the defeat, Conneaut Area got top-tier performance from Joseph Furgiuele Iv, who rushed for 211 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 8.4 yards per carry.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Maplewood). They really took it to Kennedy Catholic for the full four quarters, racking up a 55-12 victory at home. The game was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 42-0.
Andrew Proper continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 215 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 carries. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Kyle Jordan was another key player, rushing for 38 yards and a touchdown.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Maplewood was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 392 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 167 rushing yards in three consecutive matches.
Conneaut Area now has a losing record at 2-3. As for Maplewood, they pushed their record up to 3-2 with the win, which was their third straight at home.
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