FOXBURG — Wade Vogan is wary of the new-look team on his schedule this week.

With the merger of the Union and A-C Valley football programs, Vogan sees a team that has a dangerous mix of talent.

“They have the best of both worlds,” Vogan said. “They have a group of great athletes from Union and a group of great athletes from A-C Valley and it looks like it’s working for them.”

Moniteau travels to Foxburg — the former home of the A-C Valley football team — for a 7 p.m. kickoff Friday.

There, the Warriors will have to contend with the passing combo of quarterback Lucas Bowser and wideout Gavin Hawk. The duo has hooked up 11 times this season for 181 yards and four touchdowns.

“Lucas started eight games for us (Union) last year as a sophomore and is really beginning to take over the offense,” said Falcon Knights’ coach Dave Louder. “He’s reading things well and is becoming a better quarterback.

“Gavin does a great job of stretching the field and he makes good plays on the ball,” he added.

No other player on Union/A-C Valley’s offense has more than three catches and Louder said he is looking for someone else to emerge as a reliable target for Bowser.

“We haven’t been very good against the pass,” said Vogan, despite watching his team pick off three passes last week, including a 36-yard pick-six by Nick Martino. “We’re going to have to do better.”

The Falcon Knights lost their season-opener, 20-18 to Clarion-Limestone. They rebounded with a 54-14 blowout win over Keystone last week.

“We had problems with the rhythm in our running game the first week (28 carries for 70 yards),” said Louder. “But we have three guys who are getting most of the carries. We got on track last week.”

In a big way.

Union/A-C Valley (1-1) chewed up 363 yards and scored six touchdowns on the ground against Keystone.

Fullback Jeff Ginn and halfbacks Lane Chalmers and Greg Duncan have combined for 294 yards and three TDs rushing.

Moniteau (1-1) won 27-6 last week over Punxsutawney despite three interceptions thrown by sophomore quarterback Chance Nagy.

Nagy had a huge opening week, throwing for 224 yards and three TDs in a loss to St. Marys.

Vogan said growing pains are part of the deal with a young quarterback.

“He’s a heck of an athlete,” Vogan said. “It’s just a matter of making the right play calls and him making the right reads.”

It helps having a playmaker like Dalton Anderson in his huddle.

Anderson is off to a scintillating start. He caught three more passes for 64 yards last week after catching three for 179 yards and two TDs in Week 1.

“He’s played every position on offense,” Vogan said. “He can throw the ball 60 yards, so that’s something to keep in the back of your head. It’s fun coming up with ways to get him the ball even though everyone knows that’s what we’re trying to do.”

“On offense, they are big and run a lot of stuff out of the Slot-I,” said Louder of the Warriors.