The Conneaut Area Eagles are taking a road trip to square off against the Slippery Rock Rockets at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Conneaut Area will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more points each match than the last.
Conneaut Area's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They claimed a resounding 41-0 victory over Maplewood at home. The score at the end of the third wound up being the final score as the Eagles just coasted through the last quarter.
Joseph Furgiuele Iv continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 264 yards and three touchdowns on only 13 carries, while also catching a touchdown. His longest rush was for an incredible 87 yards. Ben Easler was another key player, throwing for 217 yards and two touchdowns on only 14 passes.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Conneaut Area was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 368 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Slippery Rock was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They lost 35-10 to Harbor Creek.
The win snapped Conneaut Area's losing streak at three games and leaves them with a 3-3 record. As for Slippery Rock, their loss dropped their record down to 1-5.
Conneaut Area was taken down by Slippery Rock 48-14 in their previous meeting back in October of 2019. Thankfully for Conneaut Area, Nathan Hyatt (who rushed for 181 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 9.5 yards per carry) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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