Two dominant backs in Isaac Friday and Joseph Furgiuele Iv are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Sharon Tigers will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against the Conneaut Area Eagles at 7:00 p.m. Sharon is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 28.9 points per game this season.
Sharon's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They claimed a resounding 35-0 win over Grove City on the road. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 97th, while the Eagles are ranked 363rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Sharon to victory, but perhaps none more so than Ethan Engelmore, who threw for 155 yards and a touchdown on only 13 passes, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground. Sharon also got a significant boost from Friday, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 97 yards.
Meanwhile, Conneaut Area didn't have quite enough to beat Slippery Rock on Friday and fell 16-13. The defeat continues a trend for the Eagles in their matchups with the Rockets: they've now lost three in a row.
Sharon pushed their record up to 6-1 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road. As for Conneaut Area, they now have a losing record at 3-4.
Sharon strolled past Conneaut Area in their previous meeting back in September of 2019 by a score of 43-24. Will Sharon repeat their success, or does Conneaut Area have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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