Week 2 Preview: Marietta @ Cambridge

Week 1 Results
Parma Heights Holy Name (home) defeats Cambridge 24-14
Hilliard Darby (home) defeats Marietta 53-14

Last year: Week 2
Cambridge defeats Marietta 22-19

Last five meetings:
2007- Cambridge 22-19
2006- Cambridge 26-12
2005- Cambridge 41-13
2004- Cambridge 31-7
2003- Marietta 21-7

Info on Cambridge:
Bryan Hardesty is the work horse, and much in the same way Stephen Ford blitzed the Marietta defense in recent years, Hardesty hopes to do so Friday night. Against Holy Name, Hardesty toted the ball 31 times for 193 yards, while his team picked up over 250 total yards, 230 of those coming via the ground game. Were it not for a fourth quarter interception by quarterback Billy Webb, and a fumble deep inside Parma Heights territory, Cambridge may have finished off the Green Wave.

Against Hilliard Darby, the Tigers were worked over in the air and on the ground. The matchup was hardly a barometer for how good the Tigers are this season, as Darby didn't really give teams a chance to get a good look at Andy Schob's group. While still a bit above the norm of southeast Ohio opponents, Cambridge will give the Tigers a chance to show fans and critics just what they can do.

The Tigers haven't yet shown an ability to stop the run this year, and despite his best efforts, gunslinger Cody Westbrook hasn't been able to negate their lack of stops. With Cambridge opening the home schedule against a porous Marietta front seven, things do not look good for Schob's group.

Prediction: Cambridge 24, Marietta 17