The Steel Valley Ironmen will look to defend their home field on Friday against the Washington Prexies at 7:00 p.m. Steel Valley will be looking to extend their current six-game winning streak.
Last Friday, Steel Valley took their contest with ease, bagging a 45-7 win over South Allegheny. The result was nothing new for the Ironmen, who have now won seven games by 20 points or more so far this season.
Donald Barksdale and Da'Ron Barksdale were among the main playmakers for Steel Valley as the former gained 294 total yards and five touchdowns and the latter rushed for 153 yards and two touchdowns on only ten carries. Donald really caught the secondary sleeping when he pulled down a catch that went for 86 yards.
Steel Valley was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 399 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 222 rushing yards in six consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, a victory for Washington just wasn't in the cards on Friday as the team wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They lost 52-28 to Seton LaSalle. While losing is never fun, the Prexies can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 322nd, while the Rebels are ranked 105th).
Steel Valley pushed their record up to 7-3 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home. As for Washington, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 5-5.
Steel Valley took their victory against Washington in their previous matchup back in August by a conclusive 28-8. Does Steel Valley have another victory up their sleeve, or will Washington turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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