The McKinley Red Dragons will square off against the South Range Raiders at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: McKinley has struggled recently with four losses in a row, while South Range will arrive with seven straight victories.
McKinley's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Poland Seminary on Friday. They were dealt a 42-0 defeat at the hands of the Bulldogs. While losing is never fun, the Red Dragons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio football rankings (they are ranked 508th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 175th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask South Range). They really took it to Girard for the full four quarters, racking up a 55-27 win on the road. Considering the Raiders have won six contests by more than 23 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
McKinley's loss dropped their record down to 1-6. As for South Range, their victory bumped their record up to 7-0.
McKinley took a serious blow against South Range in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, falling 48-14. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point McKinley was down 35-0.
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