A feisty cat fight will be fought when Tigers takes on the Upper St. Clair Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Moon Area is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat Baldwin 55-26 on the road. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 39th, while the Highlanders are ranked 391st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Upper St. Clair put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They secured a 14-10 W over Bethel Park. The 14-point effort marked the Panthers' lowest-scoring match of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
The critical scores for Upper St. Clair came from Charlie Bywalski and Julian Dahlem.
Upper St. Clair was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 222 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 151 rushing yards in 13 consecutive matchups dating back to last season.
The victory got Moon Area back to even at 4-4. As for Upper St. Clair, they pushed their record up to 8-0 with the win, which was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season.
Moon Area and Upper St. Clair were almost perfectly matched up in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, but Moon Area suffered an agonizing 43-42 defeat. Can Moon Area avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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