EDINBORO — Farrell head coach Jarrett Samuels had a rough week.

“I was worried, man,” Samuels said. “We had bad practices all week. I couldn’t gauge my team. Psychologically, we weren’t there all week. I really thought that we would get upset with how we performed in practice. It was bad.”

However, that tension eased right before game time Friday night.

“We have a veteran group, and they told me before the game, ‘We got you, coach. Don’t worry about anything’.”

Samuels’ team was as good as their word as the Steelers leveled Linesville 39-0 in a District 10 Class A semifinal matchup last night at Edinboro University’s Sox Harrison Stadium.

“They keep giving me headaches. They keep giving me ulcers. But they keep coming out here and proving me wrong,” Samuels said.

Farrell (12-0) now moves on to face Sharpsville in the D-10 championship game. The Steelers are looking for their second consecutive district title.

Sharpsville was a 10-7 winner over Mercer in last night’s other semifinal.

Linesville, meanwhile, ends the year with a 9-3 record and says so long to six seniors.

“We’ve done a lot this year,” said Lions coach Pat Gould. “They are a nice group of seniors and we’re going to miss every one of them.”

Farrell also ended Linesville’s season last year in the district final, beating the Lions 28-7.

“We’ve been saying this for years,” said Gould, “We have opportunities (against Farrell) where we could make something happen, and we don’t. And (Farrell) did. And they always have.”

Last night, Linesville fumbled away its third play of the ball game, giving Farrell possession on the Lions’ 10.

Then on the Steelers’ very first hike, quarterback Danny Odem swung a pass out to Jamar Whitman. Whitman shrugged off a couple tackles near the line of scrimmage and scampered 10 yards for the score.

There were 59 seconds off the clock and the Steelers led 7-0.