The McDonald Blue Devils will take on the Western Reserve Blue Devils at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
McDonald is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 35 points last Friday, they were much more limited against Clearview on Friday. They fell 20-7 to the Clippers. While losing is never fun, the Blue Devils can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio football rankings (they are ranked 420th, while the Clippers are ranked 179th).
Meanwhile, Western Reserve put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They took their contest on the road with ease, bagging a 35-7 win over Columbiana.
Jack Darney was a one-man wrecking crew for Western Reserve as he rushed for 150 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.9 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave him a new career- in rushing yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Western Reserve was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 419 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 204 rushing yards in three consecutive matches.
Having lost for the first time this season, McDonald fell to 2-1. As for Western Reserve, their record is now 3-0.
McDonald suffered a grim 34-14 defeat to Western Reserve in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. Can McDonald avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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