A pair of unbeatens to battle in Williamsport

Zane Trace (3-2, 2-0) vs. Westfall (3-2, 2-0)

OFF: 25.0 ppg.

"Zane Trace is a very athletic, experienced, and well-coached football team. They have a nice group of lineman on both sides of the ball that create a lot of opportunities for those athletes to make plays...We're expecting a great game." Scott Keller Westfall

OFF: 32.8 ppg.

DEF: 20.0 ppg.

DEF: 19.8 ppg.

DIFF: +5.0

DIFF: +13.0

PLAYERS TO WATCH

PLAYERS TO WATCH

Jordie Wonderleigh, RB

D.J. Cain, QB

103 rushes, 621yards, 7 TDS

559 passing yards 427 rushing yards

Kirk Maxwell, QB

26-52 (50%), 298 yards

Ben Cline, WR

Ben Jones

13 rec., 400 yards 8 total TDs

43 total tackles (3rd in SVC)

Week 6 will leave the Scioto Valley Conference with just one unbeaten team as the two remaining 2-0 football teams do battle in Williamsport Friday night. After a rough 0-2 start for Westfall, the Mustangs have regrouped winning their last three and seem to be a different team. "Definitely," said WF head coach Scott Keller when asked if he felt his team was starting to play with more confidence. "Prior to this season we hadn't lost a game since these guys were freshmen. With everything that we lost from last year, we were ripe for the picking early on. We didn't have a group of leaders that we could rely on, we didn't have anyone offensively that was stepping up to make plays, and we were thinking too much defensively instead of reacting. Since those two losses, we've basically been playing like our back is against the wall. They've become more focused, and they're playing with a sense of urgency.  Add that to the fact that they are becoming more comfortable with themselves and each other every week and you have a team that is playing confident football right now." As you can see from the stats above, both teams have the ability to do some explosive things on offense. Both also have solid defenses that contain a lot of great athletes. With this in mind, special teams could play a big role. Both teams have solid kicking games and great return people; however, Wesftfall really struggled in the early season with special teams but are showing signs of improvement. "I was disappointed in our special teams earlier just like I was with our offense and our defense," said Keller.  "We were being too tentative and and passive with everything that we were doing.  It came from a lack of experience mainly.  We have improved greatly in all three areas, and while we had a great game special teams wise last week, we still have a few areas there that need to be ironed out." Check back late Friday night for a full recap of this game as well as the other games around the conference which include the following:

Piketon at Paint Valley

Paint Valley enters Friday with a 4-1 overall record, and the Bearcats will welcome the Piketon Redstreaks to Bainbridge. It is probably fair to call this an elimination game in terms of continuing to contend for this year's SVC title.

Paint Valley's Wes Parker enters Week 6 with a TD in each of his last four games including an INT return, a kick-off return, a rushing TD, and one TD reception.

Piketon QB Kenny Helton leads the SVC's #1 offense as his Redstreaks enter Week 6 averaging a league best 36.2 ppg. Helton is completing over 60-percent of his passes while averaging nearly 170 ypg. through the air.

Adena @ Unioto and Southeastern @ Huntington round out Week 6 conferene schedule

Southeastern and Huntington combine for half of the league's top ten tacklers. Click here to visit SVC LEADERS

Adena running backs Buddy Barnes and Jimmy Starr enter Week 6 with a combined 1,343 yards. They both average around seven yards per carry.