Port Allegany is on a 14-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while Fort Cherry is on a five-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Port Allegany Gators will welcome the Fort Cherry Rangers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Port Allegany knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 31 points or more in their past 13 contests -- so hopefully Fort Cherry likes a good challenge.
Port Allegany is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They took down Wilmington 38-20. Given the Gators' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 105th, while the Greyhounds are ranked 257th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Aiden Bliss was his usual excellent self, rushing for 284 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 8.1 yards per carry. Bliss is crushing it when it comes to rushing yards: he's rushed for at least 120 every time he's taken the field this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Kellen Veilleux, who rushed for 81 yards and a touchdown.
Port Allegany was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 374 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 179 rushing yards in 24 consecutive matchups dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, in a tight match that could have gone either way, Fort Cherry made off with a 21-20 victory over Clairton. The 21-point effort marked the Rangers' lowest-scoring game of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Fort Cherry's win bumped their record up to 14-0. As for Port Allegany, their victory bumped their record up to 13-0.
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