2004 Gateway vs. Fox Chapel Foxes - Pre-Game Warmup

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Game #6:
Gateway (4-1,3-0) vs. Fox Chapel Foxes (0-5,0-2)
When: Friday, October 1, 2004 @ 7:30pm
Where: Antimarino Stadium, Gateway High School, Monroeville, PA
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Gator Bits:

• Justin King has 3,584 career yards and needs 416 to become the fourth running back in WPIAL Class AAAA history to run for 4,000. The others are Penn-Trafford's Matt Gavrish (6,512), Connellsville's Marcus Furman (5,041) and North Hills' LaVar Arrington (4,357).
• Justin King leads the entire WPIAL in scoring with 134 points in 5 games (26.8 ppg). King is 4th in rushing in the WPIAL with 965 yards and an 11.76 yard per carry average.
• Gateway's defense is the stingiest defense in AAAA, allowing just 46 points in 5 games (9.2 ppg)
• After 5 weeks, Gateway is the highest scoring AAAA team with 218 points (43.6 ppg)
• After 5 weeks, Fox Chapel is the lowest scoring AAAA team with 33 points (6.6 ppg)
• Fox Chapel has allowed 157 points in 4 games (31.4 ppg)
• Gateway is 4-2 against Fox Chapel dating back to 1982. The teams played 6 consecutive years between 1994 and 1999.
• The last meeting between Gateway & Fox Chapel was in 1999, a 20-13 Gateway win.
• Fox Chapel opened the season 0-5, with losses against Hampton (AAA) 55-14, Shaler 34-7, Kiski 19-6, Latrobe 14-6, and Pine-Richland (AAA) 35-0. <
• Gateway's record in the 6th game of the season between 1982 and present is 16-6
• Gateway's overall record between 2003 and 1982 - 121-109-4

View the Stats from Week 5 here
Rankings (as of 9/27/2004):
Gateway - #2 in WPIAL AAAA (Post-Gazette)
Gateway - #2 in WPIAL AAAA (Trib)
Gateway - #3 in PA (PA Football News)
Gateway - #3 in PIAA AAAA
Gateway - #10 in Eastern region (USAToday)

Fox Chapel - not ranked


News Articles relating to this game:

• WPIAL AAAA Roundup (PG) 10/2/2004
• FC defense faces challenge (Trib) 10/1/2004
• The Fumbler: USC won't be neighborly to Bethel Park (PG) 10/1/2004
• Notebook: Can Warriors once again rise to occassion? (Trib) 10/1/2004
• Connellsville football coach resigning at season's end (Trib) 10/1/2004
• PG East: High school football scouting reports (PG) 10/1/2004
• PG East: Rick Shrum's high school football notebook (PG) 10/1/2004
• PG East: Central receivers make mark, too (PG) 10/1/2004
• PG West: Rick Shrum's High School Football Notebook (PG) 10/1/2004
• PG West: High School Football Scouting Report (PG) 10/1/2004
• PG South: Kopolovich continues the run of McKeesport... (PG) 10/1/2004
• PG South: Bethel-USC: a neighborly football feud (PG) 10/1/2004
• PG South: Rick Shrum's High School Football Notebook (PG) 10/1/2004
• PG South: High School Football Scouting Report (PG) 10/1/2004
• PG North: Football scouting report (PG) 10/1/2004
• PG North: Rick Shrum's football notebook (PG) 10/1/2004
• Chicks Picks - Week 6 (MSA) 9/30/2004
• Gators roll into Fox Chapel game (TES) 9/30/2004
• Football season just heating up (TES) 9/30/2004
• Week 6 high school football capsules (Trib) 9/30/2004
• Week 6 Games to watch (Trib) 9/30/2004
• Picks puts passion for golf aside for Week 6 selections (Trib) 9/30/2004
• King recognized for all-star contest nod (TES) 9/29/2004
• PittsburghLIVE WPIAL football computer rankings - We... (Trib) 9/28/2004
• Conference races start heating up (Trib) 9/28/2004
• Notebook: Gateway defends late touchdown (Trib) 9/28/2004
• USAToday Super 25 football regional rankings (USAT) 9/27/2004
• MSA Sports Top 10 - Football (MSA) 9/27/2004
• High School Football Notebook (PG) 9/27/2004
• PG High School Football Rankings (PG) 9/27/2004