Two dominant backs in Isaac Friday and Jaxyn Wilson are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Sharon Tigers will venture away from home to square off against the Grove City Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Sharon has four straight wins, Grove City has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Last Friday, everything went Sharon's way against Meadville as Sharon made off with a 41-21 victory. Considering the Tigers have won three matches by more than 19 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Sharon can attribute much of their success to Friday, who rushed for 177 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 7.1 yards per carry, and Ethan Engelmore, who threw for 229 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 11.5 yards per attempt. With that strong performance, Friday is now averaging an impressive 106.8 rushing yards per game. A healthy portion of that aerial production (91 yards to be exact) went to Ra'Keem Hughes, who also brought in a receiving touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Sharon was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 255 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in November of 2023.
Grove City might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 35-21 to Oil City, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior.
Sharon's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 5-1. As for Grove City, they now have a losing record at 3-4.
Sharon couldn't quite finish off Grove City in their previous meeting back in September of 2023 and fell 17-14. Can Sharon avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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