Are Rochester, Sto-Rox on road to football rematch?
The Big Seven Conference was the only conference in the WPIAL to advance every playoff team into the second round but that is guaranteed not to continue. Conference foes Sto-Rox and Union will meet Friday night in a Class A quarterfinal playoff game at Mars and one will definitely have to be eliminated.
Sto-Rox is coming off a 40-7 thumping of Carmichaels as Lenny Williams passed for three scores and ran for two for the Vikings. The third-quarter score by Carmichaels was the first touchdown Sto-Rox allowed after three consecutive shutouts.
In fact, Union was the last team to score on Sto-Rox in the regular season as the Vikings prevailed 48-21 at Union. Getting past the Scotties one more time could put Sto-Rox on a collision course with Rochester.
The Rams bounced back from being shut out by Sto-Rox in the regular-season finale to thump Avonworth 35-15 in a first-round game, jumping out to a 28-0 halftime lead behind 194 rushing yards by Dante Marsick.
Standing between the Rams and a rematch with Sto-Rox is North Catholic, who Rochester will play Friday night at Dormont Stadium. The Trojans are 8-2 and one of their losses was in a Big Seven crossover game with Neshannock.
Sto-Rox is coming off a 40-7 thumping of Carmichaels as Lenny Williams passed for three scores and ran for two for the Vikings. The third-quarter score by Carmichaels was the first touchdown Sto-Rox allowed after three consecutive shutouts.
In fact, Union was the last team to score on Sto-Rox in the regular season as the Vikings prevailed 48-21 at Union. Getting past the Scotties one more time could put Sto-Rox on a collision course with Rochester.
The Rams bounced back from being shut out by Sto-Rox in the regular-season finale to thump Avonworth 35-15 in a first-round game, jumping out to a 28-0 halftime lead behind 194 rushing yards by Dante Marsick.
Standing between the Rams and a rematch with Sto-Rox is North Catholic, who Rochester will play Friday night at Dormont Stadium. The Trojans are 8-2 and one of their losses was in a Big Seven crossover game with Neshannock.
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