Football Preview: Dallas Mountaineers vs. Crestwood Comets
The Dallas Mountaineers will venture away from home to challenge the Crestwood Comets at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are strolling into their contests after big wins in their previous games.
Crestwood is hoping to do what Wyoming Valley West couldn't on Friday: put an end to Dallas' winning streak, which now stands at four games. Dallas took their match on the road with ease, bagging a 35-6 win over Wyoming Valley West. The game marked the Mountaineers' most dominant victory of the season so far.
Meanwhile, Crestwood waltzed into their matchup on Friday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They put the hurt on the Cougars with a sharp 28-2 win. Considering the Comets have won three contests by more than 25 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Jake Jeckell went supernova for Crestwood, rushing for 159 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 9.4 yards per carry. Crestwood is undefeated when Jeckell posts two or more rushing touchdowns, but 1-3 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Lincoln Bibla, who rushed for 78 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries.
Dallas now has a winning record of 4-3. As for Crestwood, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a massive bump to their 4-3 record this season.
Dallas was able to grind out a solid victory over Crestwood when the teams last played back in September of 2023, winning 42-35. Will Dallas repeat their success, or does Crestwood have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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