The West Mifflin Titans will take on the Mars Fightin' Planets at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Given that both suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
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 game 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 loss. They lost to Montour at home by a 31-14 margin. 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. Mars also got a significant boost from Ayden Yocum, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 80 yards.
West Mifflin's defeat ended a six-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 2-3. As for Mars, their loss dropped their record down to 1-4.
West Mifflin might still be hurting after the 28-6 defeat they got from Mars when the teams last played back in August of 2019. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point West Mifflin was down 21-0.
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