Football Preview: Mt. Pleasant Vikings vs. Southmoreland Scotties
Mt. Pleasant has been away from home for two games now, but on Friday they'll finally make their return. They will host the Southmoreland Scotties at 7:00 p.m. Mt. Pleasant will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more points each match than the last.
If Southmoreland heads into halftime all tied up, they better play a good second half: that's when Mt. Pleasant took over last week. Mt. Pleasant came out on top against Greensburg Salem by a score of 28-21 on Friday.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Southmoreland). They strolled past Yough with points to spare on Friday, taking the game 53-34. Winning may never get old, but the Scotties sure are getting used to it with their third in a row.
Camren Phillips continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 131 yards and three touchdowns on only 13 carries. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Anthony Smith was another key player, throwing for 215 yards and three touchdowns.
Southmoreland didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Elliot Premus and Roman Riccelli.
Mt. Pleasant now has a winning record of 4-3. As for Southmoreland, their victory bumped their record up to 6-1.
Mt. Pleasant was taken down by Southmoreland 40-3 in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. Thankfully for Mt. Pleasant, Dasjon Craggette (who rushed for 335 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 16.8 yards per carry) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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