Football Preview: Wyomissing Spartans vs. Northern Lebanon Vikings
After two games on the road, Wyomissing is heading back home. They will welcome the Northern Lebanon Vikings at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. Northern Lebanon took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on Wyomissing, who comes in off a win.
Wyomissing will roll into the match after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up three points two weeks ago, then bounced right back against Academy of the New Church on Friday. Wyomissing blew past Academy of the New Church, posting a 46-19 win on the road. Given the Spartans' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 34th, while the Lions are ranked 345th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Northern Lebanon might've scored the first points on Friday, but it was Delone Catholic who claimed the real prize. Northern Lebanon was just a hair shy of victory and fell 22-21 to Delone Catholic. The Vikings have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Even though the team lost, they still had their share of impressive performances. One of the best came from Bryan Mitzel, who rushed for 37 yards and a touchdown, and also threw for 38 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave him a new career- in total yards. Northern Lebanon also got a significant boost from Myles Watson, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 94 yards.
Wyomissing now has a winning record of 2-1. As for Northern Lebanon, they now have a losing record at 1-2.
Everything came up roses for Wyomissing against Northern Lebanon in their previous matchup back in November of 2021 as the team secured a 65-3 victory. Will Wyomissing repeat their success, or does Northern Lebanon have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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