Football Preview: Hughesville Spartans vs. Lewisburg Green Dragons
The Hughesville Spartans will venture away from home to challenge the Lewisburg Green Dragons at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Hughesville is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 42 points last Friday, they were much more limited against Loyalsock Township on Friday. They were dealt a 30-3 defeat at the hands of the Lancers. The loss continues a trend for the Spartans in their matchups with the Lancers: they've now lost seven in a row.
Meanwhile, Lewisburg put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They took their game at home with ease, bagging a 42-10 victory over Bloomsburg. Given the Green Dragons' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 135th, while the Panthers are ranked 383rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Lewisburg's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Jeremiah Davis led the charge by rushing for 195 yards and two touchdowns on only ten carries. The dominant performance gave him a new career- in total yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Jaylen Walker, who picked up 112 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
Lewisburg's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. Quin Michaels picked up that interception and then proceeded to rub salt in the wound by taking it back the other way for a touchdown.
Having lost for the first time this season, Hughesville fell to 2-1. As for Lewisburg, they pushed their record up to 3-0 with that win, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season.
Hughesville might still be hurting after the 21-0 defeat they got from Lewisburg in their previous meeting back in October of 2020. Can Hughesville avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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