This Saturday night I plan to be at The Pines in Sharpsville as the homestanding Sharpsville Blue Devils host the visiting Sharon Tigers.
It will be a rare Saturday game for me to cover for this blog as my beloved Penn State Nittany Lions are idle this week.
The Sharpsville-Sharon rivalry is the oldest one in Mercer County, dating back to 1899. The 2019 renewal will feature a Tigers defense that has pitched consecutive shutouts and a Blue Devils defense that has allowed a combined 46 points through four games, so something has got to give on Saturday in Sharpsville.
The key matchup will be Sharon's passing attack that leads Mercer County in virtually all categories against the Sharpsville secondary.
Last week Sharon shut down the Slippery Rock Rockets' passing attack led by Vito Cortese and pitched a 14-0 shutout at Tiger Stadium. Ty Eilam and Lane Voytik (who played with a heavy heart following the recent death of his grandfather) shared player of the game honors. Sharpsville blew a 12-0 halftime lead and lost 20-12 to the Greenville Trojans.
The last two matchups were not decided until the final minutes. In 2017, Sharon denied Sharpsville on a two point conversion attempt to preserve a one-point win. The following year, Sharpsville placekicker Michael Herman booted a 24 yard field goal with under ten seconds left to give the Blue Devils a 23-21 win.
SportsRadio 96.7 will have radio coverage of the matchup with Mark Slezak on play-by-play and his longtime partner Bob Greenburg as color analyst.
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