The Chartiers Valley Colts will head out on the road to face off against the Mars Fightin' Planets at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Chartiers Valley will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Pennsylvania Rankings (they are ranked 281st, while Mars is ranked 69th).
Even though Ambridge scored an imposing 31 points on Friday, Chartiers Valley still came out on top. Chartiers Valley took their match against Ambridge 41-31. The win was just what Chartiers Valley needed coming off of a 53-0 loss in their prior match.
Meanwhile, Mars entered their tilt with North Catholic with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. Mars narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past North Catholic 17-14.
Evan Wright was his usual excellent self, rushing for 182 yards and a touchdown. Wright hasn't dropped below 100 rushing yards for ten straight games.
Chartiers Valley's win bumped their record up to 3-7. As for Mars, their win was their fourth straight on the road, which bumped their overall record up to 8-2.
