The Sto-Rox Vikings and the Waynesburg Central Raiders are set to duel on Friday. Sto-Rox will come in still looking for their first win of the season.
Sto-Rox's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against South Allegheny on Friday. They were beaten by the Gladiators 48-0. While losing is never fun, the Vikings can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 511th, while the Gladiators are ranked 214th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Waynesburg Central). Everything went their way against Charleroi on Friday as Waynesburg Central made off with a 49-23 victory. With that win, the Raiders brought their scoring average up to 26 points per game.
Jacob Stephenson was his usual excellent self, rushing for 197 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 12.3 yards per carry, and also throwing for 163 yards and a touchdown on only 14 passes. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 109.5 rushing yards per game.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Waynesburg Central was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 254 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in October of 2023.
Sto-Rox's defeat dropped their record down to 0-8-1. As for Waynesburg Central, they now have a winning record of 5-4.
Sto-Rox didn't have too much breathing room in their matchup against Waynesburg Central when the teams last played back in October of 2023, but they still walked away with an 18-13 victory. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Stephenson, who rushed for 54 yards and two touchdowns on only six carries. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Sto-Rox still be able to contain Stephenson? There's only one way to find out.
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