The Ellwood City Wolverine's homestand will continue as they prepare to take on the South Allegheny Gladiators at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Ellwood City will bounce into Friday's game after beating Beaver Falls, who they had gone 1-8 against in their nine prior meetings. Ellwood City's defense stepped up to hand Beaver Falls a 52-0 shutout two weeks ago. The match marked the Wolverine's most dominant victory of the season.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Ellwood City to victory, but perhaps none more so than Elijah Palmer-McCane, who rushed for 139 yards and a touchdown on only 12 carries. Palmer-McCane's rushing production has been exceptional as that marked his fifth straight game with at least 110 rushing yards. Dailonn Currie was in the mix as well, providing Ellwood City with two touchdowns.
Ellwood City was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 337 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in October of 2023.
Meanwhile, after only seven points in their last matchup, South Allegheny made sure to put some points up on the board against Waynesburg Central on Friday. South Allegheny blew past Waynesburg Central 53-14. The result was nothing new for the Gladiators, who have now won six contests by 21 points or more so far this season.
South Allegheny's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Cameron Epps led the charge by rushing for 185 yards and two touchdowns on only 14 carries, while also picking up 82 receiving yards and a touchdown. Epps really caught the secondary sleeping when he pulled down a catch that went for 82 yards. Another player making a difference was Ryan Cortes, who threw for 226 yards and three touchdowns.
Ellwood City's win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 9-0. Those good results were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 10.0 points per game. As for South Allegheny, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-2 record this season.
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