The seemingly unstoppable offense of Mahar Regional will meet the virtually impenetrable defense of Frontier Regional at 10 a.m. Saturday in the Western Massachusetts Division 3 Super Bowl at Westfield State College

The story lines for both teams have been well documented this season. The Senators (11-0) have a running game that averages 341 yards per game this season.

The Red Hawks have been known for their stingy defense under coach Scott Dredge in past years and there is no change this season. Frontier has allowed an Intercounty League-low 55 points as they rattled off a 10-1 record.

The 55 points included the 14 scored by Mahar the first time the two teams met during the regular season. That Oct. 2 game in South Deerfield, however, was not so much about the Senators' offense, but rather the defense.

Mahar sacked Frontier quarterback Erik Abramson five times and limited the Red Hawks' offense to just 51 total yards in the Senators' 14-0 win. The Hawks' ground game managed a net of negative-two yards on 19 carries for the game, while Abramson finished with 53 yards on 6-of-12 passing.

"The biggest issue we have to do is keep the pressure off of" Abramson, said Frontier coach Scott Dredge. "Mahar did an excellent job getting to us through the middle - they probably recognized that we were missing some linemen in that game. If we can stop that pressure, we'll have a much better chance than the last time."

The 14 points allowed by the Red Hawks' defense was the fewest scored by Mahar in any game this season.

In that game, the Senators gained 254 rushing yards on 54 carries.

"I was absolutely pleased with the defense in that first game," Dredge said. "And those two scores came on two big plays. Given that we were down some personnel, I was impressed to keep them to that low of a score.

"Looking back, it would be great to eliminate those big plays, but those are going to happen when you face a high-powered offense like Mahar," he added.

Penalties were another factor in the first meeting as Frontier was flagged seven times for 56 yards. Those penalties, coupled with the five sacks, made it tough for the Hawks to get anything going offensively.

"It's huge that we don't take too many penalties," Dredge said. "I thought we did a good job of minimizing our penalties on Tuesday night against Athol and it showed.

"We don't have an offense that is designed to get into a first-and-15, first-and-20, because we don't that many of those big plays," he added.

The Red Hawks' offense was able to score against a tough Red Raiders' defense in the 18-7 win in the semifinals on Tuesday.

Frontier will need Abramson to continue to lead them to the end zone. In the past four games, Abramson has scored seven of the Hawks' nine offensive touchdowns. One of the other two was a pass to Brad Bean.

Running backs Brian Beauchemin and Isaiah Jones have carried the Senators into the end zone all season. The two backs will likely break the 1,600- yard mark in this game. Jones leads the Senators with 1,577 rushing yards, while Beauchemin, after gaining 229 against Greenfield in the 32-14 semifinal victory, is just behind at 1,561.