Football Preview: Bloomsburg Panthers vs. Lewisburg Green Dragons
The Bloomsburg Panthers are packing up and heading out on the road for their first away game this season. they challenge the Lewisburg Green Dragons at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Bloomsburg will head into Friday's game after some sweet revenge against Central Mountain: Bloomsburg couldn't quite topple Central Mountain on Friday, but it was still a huge improvement compared to the 35-point loss they took when the two last played. Bloomsburg breezed by Central Mountain at home to the tune of 41-7. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Panthers considering their seven-point performance the matchup before.
Wyatt Brosious and Jack Katulis were among the main playmakers for Bloomsburg as the former threw for 269 yards and three touchdowns on only 16 passes and the latter picked up 146 receiving yards and a touchdown. Bloomsburg also got help from Jharee Moore-Stewart, who showed off his sure hands for 91 receiving yards.
Bloomsburg's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Moore-Stewart and Dominick Rosini.
Meanwhile, Lewisburg owes their defense a big pat on the back after their performance on Friday. They blew past Shikellamy, posting a 30-0 win on the road. Given the Green Dragons' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 157th, while the Braves are ranked 394th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Jeremiah Davis was a one-man wrecking crew for Lewisburg as he rushed for 103 yards and two touchdowns on only 14 carries. Davis got the majority of those yards when he took off on a run and that went for an incredible54 yards.
The victory got Bloomsburg back to even at 1-1. As for Lewisburg, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 2-0.
Bloomsburg was taken down by Lewisburg 45-7 in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Davis, who rushed for 129 yards and two touchdowns on only 15 carries. Now that Bloomsburg knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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