The New Brighton Lions will face off against the Mohawk Area Warriors at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
New Brighton's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Ellwood City on Friday. They took a blow against the Wolverine, falling 33-0. While losing is never fun, the Lions can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 430th, while the Wolverine are ranked 150th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Mohawk Area). They simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat Union Area 41-14 at home. The team's explosion on offense also rewarded the Warriors with their most commanding win of the season.
Mohawk Area's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Sam List led the charge by rushing for 158 yards and two touchdowns on only 14 carries. The dominant performance gave List a new career-high in rushing yards. Another back making a difference was Cash Stratton, who rushed for 103 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Mohawk Area was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 296 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
New Brighton has traveled a rocky road recently having lost three of their last four contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 3-3 record this season. As for Mohawk Area, their win was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 3-2.
New Brighton was dealt a bruising 42-6 loss at the hands of Mohawk Area in their previous matchup back in September of 2023. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point New Brighton was down 35-0.
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