Football Preview: Wyomissing Spartans vs. East Pennsboro Panthers
The Wyomissing Spartans will be playing at home against the East Pennsboro Panthers at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Wyomissing's defense has only allowed 13.1 points per game this season, so East Pennsboro's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Wyomissing had been on a seven-game streak of scoring at least 31 points, but Lampeter-Strasburg put an end to it two weeks ago. Wyomissing fell 20-7 to Lampeter-Strasburg. The Spartans' defeat signaled the end of their seven-game winning streak.
Meanwhile, it can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but East Pennsboro had no problem doing just that last Friday. They claimed a resounding 42-14 victory over the Warriors. Winning may never get old, but the Panthers sure are getting used to it with their fourth in a row.
East Pennsboro had a senior duo take command as Aaron Angelo gained 194 total yards and three touchdowns and JJ Gossard rushed for 156 yards and three touchdowns. Those 156 rushing yards gave Gossard a new career-high.
They were just one part of a punishing run game: East Pennsboro was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 276 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Wyomissing's loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 8-2. As for East Pennsboro, their record is now 8-3.
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