Football Preview: East Allegheny Wild Cats vs. Deer Lakes Lancers
The East Allegheny Wild Cats will square off against the Deer Lakes Lancers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. East Allegheny has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with five straight losses, while Deer Lakes will come in with four straight wins.
East Allegheny is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They had to suffer through a 64-36 loss at the hands of Highlands. While losing is never fun, the Wild Cats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 375th, while the Golden Rams are ranked 141st).
Meanwhile, Deer Lakes didn't have done well against Freeport recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Friday. Deer Lakes came out on top against Freeport by a score of 28-21.
Jake Fleischer was his usual excellent self, throwing for 170 yards and two touchdowns, while also rushing for 74 yards. Zier Williams was another key player, rushing for 121 yards.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Deer Lakes was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 200 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 200 rushing yards in three consecutive contests.
East Allegheny's defeat dropped their record down to 0-4. As for Deer Lakes, their victory was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 4-0.
East Allegheny didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Deer Lakes in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, but they still walked away with a 17-13 win. Will East Allegheny repeat their success, or does Deer Lakes have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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