The Washington Prexies will square off against the Steel Valley Ironmen at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Washington is headed into the match out to prove that what happened against Seton LaSalle on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Washington lost 52-28 to Seton LaSalle. While losing is never fun, the Prexies can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 322nd, while the Rebels are ranked 105th).
Meanwhile, Steel Valley had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 41.8 points) and they went ahead and made it six on Friday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the Gladiators 45-7. The result was nothing new for the Ironmen, who have now won seven matchups by 20 points or more so far this season.
Donald Barksdale and Da'Ron Barksdale were among the main playmakers for Steel Valley as the former gained 294 total yards and five touchdowns and the latter rushed for 153 yards and two touchdowns on only ten carries. The dominant performance gave Da'Ron a new career-high in rushing yards.
Steel Valley was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 399 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 222 rushing yards in six consecutive contests.
This is the second loss in a row for Washington and nudges their season record down to 5-5. As for Steel Valley, they pushed their record up to 7-3 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home.
Washington suffered a grim 28-8 defeat to Steel Valley when the teams last played back in August. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Barksdale, who rushed for 327 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 9.6 yards per carry. Now that Washington knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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