Football – Unbeaten Hornets begin second half of season tonight hosting Stroudsburg. PREVIEW

Matchup: Stroudsburg (3-2) vs Emmaus (5-0, No.3 ranked 6A)

When/Where: Friday/EPSD Stadium (Mentor Night)

Time:  7 p.m.

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

Coaches: Emmaus: (Harold Fairclough, 7th season, 48-19); Stroudsburg: (Jim Miller, 10th season, 67-32)

Points for: Em 32, Sburg 21

Points against: Em 11, Sburg 19

Results to date: Emmaus def. Freedom 19-13, CCHS 12-7, Whitehall 27-19, def. ESN 70-6, def Becahi 42-12 … Stroudsburg def. PME 35-0, lost to Northampton 41-4, lost to Liberty 14-12, def. PMW 23-12, def. Dieruff 31-28

Players to keep an eye on: Emmaus – Sr. QB Jacob Fotta (38 of 61, 675 yards, 10 TD), Sr. RB Tylik Jarvis (75 carries, 371 yards, 3 TD), Sr. WR Dylan Darville (19 receptions, 351 yards, 7 TD), Sr. WR Chase Fotta (7-199-2), Sr. DB Ryan DeJohn, Sr. LB Aidan Garrett, Jr. OL/DL Mario Landino

Stroudsburg – Sr. RB Andrea Reames, Sr. QB Aiden Herman, Jr WR/DB Kevin Polonia, Sr. MLB Gio Silva, Jr. WR/DB Jelonie Rivera, SR OL/DL Kevron Danso

EXTRA POINTS

The Hornets begin the first of two straight home games hosting Stroudsburg as the second half of the season gets underway … Emmaus is coming off a 30-point win over Becahi, while the Mounties struggled to get past Dieruff … These two teams met in the season-opener a year ago at Stroudsburg with the Hornets rolling to a 51-0 win behind a three-career TD effort from RB Tylik Jarvis …The Mounties were just 4-6 a year ago, its first losing season under their current head coach and it was their first non-winning season since 2010 …Stroudsburg returns 9 starters on offense, 8 on defense