Ellwood City is 0-3 against Union Area since September of 2021 but things could change on Friday. The Ellwood City Wolverine will look to defend their home field against the Union Area Scotties at 7:00 p.m. Ellwood City will be coming into the matchup with an undefeated record on the line.
Ellwood City will bounce into Friday's game after beating Riverside, who they had gone 1-7 against in their eight prior meetings. Ellwood City snuck past Riverside with a 13-9 win on Friday. The 13-point effort marked the Wolverine's lowest-scoring match of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Ellwood City's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Elijah Palmer-McCane, who rushed for 148 yards. Palmer-McCane's rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his third straight game with at least 110 rushing yards.
Ellwood City wouldn't let Riverside keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Ellwood City can thank PJ Dubois and Kaden Docchio for forcing both of them. Dubois also set a new season high mark in total tackles with seven. Ellwood City got some further help from Deklan O'Brien: he picked up a sack and made ten total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Union Area). They walked away with a 36-23 victory over Freedom Area on Friday. That's two games straight that the Scotties have won by exactly 13 points.
Ellwood City's win was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 7-0. As for Union Area, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 2-5.
Ellwood City came up short against Union Area in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, falling 34-21. Can Ellwood City avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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