Football Preview: Dallastown Wildcats vs. Spring Grove Rockets
Dallastown is 8-2 against Spring Grove since September of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Dallastown Wildcats will welcome the Spring Grove Rockets at 7:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Dallastown will head into Friday's match hoping to keep the good times rolling: they only won by three when they last took the field, which might have inspired the 23-point they dealt Dover on Friday. Dallastown was the clear victor by a 37-14 margin over Dover. Given the Wildcats' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 92nd, while the Eagles are ranked 378th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Spring Grove waltzed into their contest on Friday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They put the hurt on the Bearcats with a sharp 45-24 victory. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest win the Rockets have posted against the Bearcats since October 9, 2015.
Spring Grove can attribute much of their success to Davis Baum, who rushed for 68 yards and three touchdowns, and also threw for 109 yards on six of 13 attempts. The dominant performance gave Baum a new career-high in rushing yards.
Dallastown pushed their record up to 7-1 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Spring Grove, their win bumped their record up to 5-3.
Dallastown was able to grind out a solid victory over Spring Grove in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, winning 28-21. Will Dallastown repeat their success, or does Spring Grove have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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