The Western Beaver Golden Beavers will face off against the Steel Valley Ironmen at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Western Beaver comes in on four and Steel Valley on seven.
Last Saturday, Western Beaver humbled Carlynton with a 41-6 victory. The Golden Beavers pushed the score to 41-0 by the end of the third, a deficit the Cougars cut but never quite recovered from.
Meanwhile, Steel Valley got the win against Washington on Friday by a conclusive 49-28. Given the Ironmen's advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 175th, while the Prexies are ranked 353rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Donald Barksdale continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 224 yards and three touchdowns on only 15 carries. His rushing production has been exceptional as that marked his seventh straight game with at least 153 rushing yards. Da'Ron Barksdale was in the mix as well, providing Steel Valley with three touchdowns.
Steel Valley was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 352 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in August.
Steel Valley's win was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 8-3. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 43.2 points per game. As for Western Beaver, their record now sits at 8-2.
Western Beaver couldn't quite finish off Steel Valley in their previous matchup back in November of 2023 and fell 21-18. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Barksdale, who rushed for 250 yards and two touchdowns. Now that Western Beaver knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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