The Clairton Bears will head out to take on the Shady Side Academy Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Clairton's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They took their game on the road with ease, bagging a 43-0 victory over Serra Catholic. The score at the end of the third wound up being the final score as the Bears just coasted through the last quarter.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Clairton to victory, but perhaps none more so than Donte' Wright, who picked up 89 receiving yards and two touchdowns, and also rushed for 32 yards and a touchdown. Wright got the majority of those yards when he pulled down a pass and and took off for a gain of71 yards. Another passer making a difference was Jeffery Thompson, who threw for 181 yards and three touchdowns on only 13 passes.
Meanwhile, Shady Side Academy can finally bid farewell to their four-game losing streak dating back to last season thanks to their game on Friday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Burrell 42-7 on the road.
The win made it two in a row for Clairton and bumps their season record up to 2-0. As for Shady Side Academy, the victory also got them back to even at 1-1.
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