The West Mifflin Titans will square off against the Mars Fightin' Planets at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.
Mars is facing West Mifflin at the wrong time: West Mifflin suffered their first home loss of the season on Friday and they're likely out for redemption. They took a blow against the Jaguars, falling 35-7. The matchup marked the Titans' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
Meanwhile, Mars was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They took a 31-14 bruising from Montour. While losing is never fun, the Fightin' Planets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 71st, while the Spartans are ranked 20th).
Mars might have lost, but man, Gabe Hein was a machine: he rushed for 76 yards and a touchdown on only ten carries. Ayden Yocum handled things on the ground, rushing for 80 yards.
West Mifflin's loss ended a six-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 2-3. As for Mars, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-4.
West Mifflin might still be hurting after the 28-6 loss they got from Mars when the teams last played back in August of 2019. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point West Mifflin was down 21-0.
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