Football Recap: Marion Center Drops Highest Score of Season Against Northern Cambria

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Marion Center). They blew past the Northern Cambria Colts 49-26 on Friday. The Stingers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four matchups by 22 points or more this season.

Camden Rising

Rushing Yards (Career)

10/03/25 @ Northern Cambria	114
08/22/25 @ Conemaugh Valley	105
09/26/25 vs Conemaugh Township	94
08/29/25 vs Portage	53
09/12/25 @ Cambria Heights	41

Camden Rising produced another solid performance rushing for 114 yards and a pair of touchdowns on only 12 carries, while also throwing for 190 yards and three TDs while completing 80% of his passes. Those 114 rushing yards gave him a new career-high. Marion Center's leading receiver Alec Brudnock was Rising's top target yet again, picking up 110 receiving yards and two scores.

They were just one part of a punishing run game: Marion Center was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 245 rushing yards. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their rushing yard total in three consecutive contests.

Marion Center didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. In fact, those interceptions all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Brudnock.

Marion Center pushed their record up to 7-0 with the win, which was their fourth straight on the road. The road victories came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 14.3 points on average over those games. As for Northern Cambria, they now have a losing record of 3-4.

We've got plenty of inter-conference action coming up soon. Marion Center is set to challenge their familiar foe Purchase Line at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Meanwhile, Northern Cambria will take on rival Penns Manor at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.