The Fort Cherry Rangers will challenge the Laurel Spartans at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Fort Cherry sitting on 12 straight wins and Laurel on eight.
Fort Cherry is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They breezed past Neshannock to the tune of 36-9. Fans of the Rangers have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 20+ points.
Eli Salvini
| 11/07/25 vs Neshannock | 193 |
| 09/27/24 @ Burgettstown | 105 |
| 10/31/25 vs Avella | 94 |
| 10/24/25 vs Serra Catholic | 69 |
| 08/23/24 vs Northgate | 65 |
Fort Cherry's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Eli Salvini, who rushed for 193 yards and two TDs while picking up 10.7 yards per carry. Those 193 rushing yards gave Salvini a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Matt Sieg, who rushed for 124 yards and a pair of scores.
Fort Cherry's run defense was locked in: Neshannock could only muster three yards per carry. The Rangers hasn't allowed more than 6.1 yards per carry in three consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Laurel didn't have too much trouble with Chartiers-Houston on Friday as they won 40-21. The final result isn't all that surprising considering the Spartans' considerable advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 72nd, while the Buccaneers are ranked 263rd).
Laurel's win came from a few key players Fort Cherry will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Kolton Carlson, who rushed for 116 yards and two touchdowns on only nine carries, and also picked up 53 receiving yards. His longest rush was for an impressive 53 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. Jack Miles was another key player, rushing for 77 yards and a pair of TDs on only five carries.
Laurel's defense made their presence known, laying out the QB four times. Tyler Fuchs was particularly dangerous to the passing game, picking up three sacks himself. Those three sacks set a new season-high mark for him.
Fort Cherry's victory bumped their record up to 12-0. As for Laurel, their win bumped their record up to 11-1.
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