The Union Area Scotties will venture away from home to challenge the Mohawk Area Warriors at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Union Area is looking for their season's first win.
It's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 33-6, which was the final score in Union Area's tilt against Western Beaver on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Scotties can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 449th, while the Golden Beavers are ranked 216th).
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Mohawk Area, who bounced back after a loss on the road two weeks ago. Their defense stepped up to hand Beaver Falls a 23-0 shutout on Friday. The score at the end of the third wound up being the final score as the Warriors just coasted through the last quarter.
The critical scores for Mohawk Area came from Blake Logan, Sam List, and List.
Mohawk Area wouldn't let Beaver Falls keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Mohawk Area can thank List and Connor Hart for forcing both of them. The dominant performance also gave List a new career-high in rushing yards.
Union Area's loss dropped their record down to 0-4. As for Mohawk Area, their victory was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 2-2.
Union Area didn't have too much breathing room in their match against Mohawk Area in their previous meeting back in August of 2023, but they still walked away with a 40-35 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Union Area since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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