The Chester Clippers will look to take advantage of their home-field for the first time this season as they take on the West Philadelphia Speedboys at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Chester will be strutting in after a victory while West Philadelphia will be coming in after a defeat.
Chester is coming home in high spirits after they had to open their season on the road against Perkiomen Valley. Chester snuck past Perkiomen Valley with a 19-14 win on Friday.
The critical scores for Chester came from Jah'Si Crew, Damon Fitzgerald, and Dayshon Jackson.
Chester's defense made their presence known, laying out Patrick MacDonald. three times. Wayne Clark was especially locked on to Perkiomen Valley's QB and sacked him twice. Another thorn in Perkiomen Valley's side was Jerrell Palmer, who made 14 total tackles (5.0 for loss).
Chester was moving up and down the field and finished the game with 450 total yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Perkiomen Valley only gained 191.
Meanwhile, West Philadelphia lost to Manheim Central on the road by a 24-8 margin on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Speedboys can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 235th, while the Barons are ranked 31st).
Everything came up roses for Chester against West Philadelphia in their previous meeting back in August of 2021 as the squad secured a 34-6 victory. Will Chester repeat their success, or does West Philadelphia have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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