Football – Hornets face stiff road test facing one-loss Nazareth team looking to move to 8-0 for the first time since 2008. PREVIEW:

Matchup: Emmaus (7-0, No.3 rank in 6A) vs Nazareth (6-1, No.8)

When/Where: Friday/Andrew S. Leh Stadium, Nazareth

Time:  7 p.m.

Coverage: LIVE Internet webcast: http://mixlr.com/easternpasportsnet/events/football-emmaus-vs-nazareth, pregame: 6:30 p.m. 

Coaches: Emmaus: (Harold Fairclough, 7th season, 50-19); Nazareth: (Tom Falzone, 9th season)

Points for: Em 38.6, Naz 40

Points against: Em 10.1, Naz 11.5

Results to date: Emmaus def. Freedom 19-13, CCHS 12-7, Whitehall 27-19, def. ESN 70-6, def Becahi 42-12, def. Stroudsburg 51-14, def. Liberty 49-0 … Nazareth: def Dieruff 48-6, def. Parkland 28-10, def. Becahi 21-6, lost to Freedom 45-35, def. Liberty 42-0, def. ESN 69-0, def. CCHS 42-14

Players to keep an eye on: Emmaus – Sr. QB Jacob Fotta (63 of 94, 1,115 yards, 15 TD, 1 Int), Sr. RB Tylik Jarvis (90 rushes, 549 yards, 6 TD), Sr. WR Dylan Darville (27 rec., 513 yards, 8 TD), Sr. WR Chase Fotta (11-295-5), Sr LB Aidan Garrett 55 tackles, Sr FS Ryan DeJohn 35 tkl, Jr LB John Wassel 34 tkl, Jr. LB Reilly Bechtel 29 tkl, JR OL/DL Mario Landino 28 tkl

Nazareth: Sr. QB Sonny Sasso (92-140, 1,491 yards, 16 TD, 1 Int), Sr. RB Colin Wells 58-345-2), Jr. WR Mason Kuehner (28-554-5), Sr. WR Nolan Lobb (29-501-8), Jr. WR Logan Hilarczyk (18-235-1), Jr OL/DL Sean Kinney

GAME NOTES:  After rolling to back-to-back home wins over Stroudsburg and Liberty, the Hornets hit the road for the first of two consecutive away games taking on a one-loss Nazareth team, which has won three straight including an impressive 42-14 win over CCHS last week … Emmaus defeated the Blue Eagles twice last season – once in the regular-season at home 35-7 and then 20-19 in a memorable District XI semifinal at Nazareth … The Hornets have won five of the past six matchups in the series dating back to 2017 … In the first quarter of games this season, Emmaus has outscored its opponent 118-9 … The last time the Hornets started a season 8-0 was back in 2008