Game of the Week: McKeesport defeats Mars

Game of the Week: McKeesport defeats Mars

Updated: 12:13 AM EDT Oct 12, 2024

ALIVE. LET’S GET RIGHT TO THE ACTION. IT WAS HOMECOMING FOR THE MARS FIGHTING PLANETS, THOUGH. THE ENERGY WAS HIGH AS THEY LOOKED TO DEFEND HOME FIELD AGAINST THE TIGERS. LET’S START IN THE FIRST QUARTER. TIGERS ON THE MA 17. THE HANDOFF TO SENIOR ANTHONY CROMARTIE FOR THE 17 YARD SCORE. TIGERS STRIKE FIRST. SCORE IS SEVEN ZERO, BUT THEY WERE NOT DONE. FAST FORWARD TO AROUND THE 450 MARK LEFT IN THE FIRST QUARTER. TIGERS WITH THE BALL ON THE MARS 46. THAT SOPHOMORE KEENAN SPELL. HE TAKES IT 46 YARDS FOR THE TOUCHDOWN. TIGERS DOMINATING EARLY 14 TO 0. FIGHTING PLANETS LOOKING FOR AN ANSWER. AND THEY GET IT. THAT’S JUNIOR GABE HEIN EXPLODING FOR 80 YARDS. MARS SHOWING SOME LIFE BUT MCKEESPORT DIDN’T GET RATTLED. TIGERS GET THE BALL TO START OF THE SECOND QUARTER. BALL ON THE MARS 15. AND THAT IS SPELL AGAIN. FINDING THE END ZONE FROM THE 15 YARD SCORE. TIGERS UP 21 TO 7 HEADING INTO HALFTIME. AND COMING OUT OF THE HALF IT WAS STILL ALL MCKEESPORT. THAT’S CROMARTIE TAKING OFF FOR THE 13 YARD SCORE WITH 230 LEFT IN THE THIRD QUARTER. THE FIGHTING PLANETS STRUGGLING TO FIND THE END ZONE ALL NIGHT. YOUR FINAL SCORE 28 TO 7. WE CAUGHT UP WITH SPO AND TIGER HEAD COACH MATT MILLER AFTER THE GAME. IT STARTS UP FRONT. YOU KNOW MY GUYS, MY LINEMEN I APPRECIATE THEM. YOU KNOW I GOT THE BALL SKILLS I GOT THE SKILL. I NEED MY LINEMEN TO DO IT FOR ME. THAT’S JUST WHAT I DO. YOU KNOW WHEN I GET THE BALL IN MY HANDS, I’M ALWAYS LOOKING TO SCORE AND THAT’S WHAT I LOOK TO DO EVERY TIME I GET THE BALL. BUT IT STARTS UP FRONT AND I APPRECIATE THE LINEMEN DOWN BELOW FOR ME THE MOST. BOTH OF THESE SQUADS ENTERING SCORING AT LEAST 40 POINTS IN THEIR LAST TWO CONTESTS. TALK TO ME A LITTLE ABOUT THE DEFENSIVE EFFORT TO REALLY KIND OF HOLDING THIS THIS MARS TEAM TO SEVEN. YEAH I MEAN IT’S TOUGH. THEY HAVE A LOT OF GREAT ATHLETES, A LOT OF GOOD PLAYERS, GREAT COACHING STAFF. YOU KNOW, THEY’RE ABLE TO OUTMATCH YOU ON THE OUTSIDE A LOT OF TIMES. AND THEY WERE ABLE TO MAKE SOME BIG PLAYS. BUT BEING ABLE TO TRACK NUMBER 30 I DON’T KNOW THEIR NAMES, BUT THAT WAS A HUGE PLAY AND NOT KEEPING THEM OUT OF THE END ZONE FOR A SECOND TIME, BECAUSE IT CAME WITH A STILL PIVOTAL AT THAT POINT. ALL RIGHT, STILL NEXT, NEXT WEEK YOU PLAY INDIANA AT HOME. TALK TO ME A LITTLE ABOUT THAT MATCHUP. WHAT YOU’RE HOPING TO CLEAN UP AHEAD OF NEXT WEEK. WE GOT TO IMPROVE ON OUR PASSING GAME. YOU KNOW SOMETHING. WE ALWAYS HAVE TO DO AT MCKEESPORT. BUT I THOUGHT OUR RUN GAME WAS GREAT. I THOUGHT WE WERE READING THE BALL GREAT. EASTMAN’S REALLY IMPROVING EVERY SINGLE WEEK, AND HE REALLY IS OUR OUR ENGINE OF OUR OFFENSE TODAY AND LAST WEEK. MCKEESPORT WILL LOOK TO KEEP THE MOMENTUM GOING NEXT WEEK AGAINST INDIANA. WHILE MARS WILL HOPE TO BOUNCE BACK AGAIN

Game of the Week: McKeesport defeats Mars

Updated: 12:13 AM EDT Oct 12, 2024

McKeesport won its third straight game, defeating Mars 28-7 in Operation Football’s Game of the Week on Friday night.Watch game highlights in the video above

MARS, Pa. —

McKeesport won its third straight game, defeating Mars 28-7 in Operation Football’s Game of the Week on Friday night.

Watch game highlights in the video above