Football Preview: Line Mountain Eagles vs. Upper Dauphin Area Trojans
The Line Mountain Eagles will take on the Upper Dauphin Area Trojans at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Line Mountain will be looking to keep their five-game home win streak dating back to last season alive.
Line Mountain is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat Halifax 59-13 on the road. Given the Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 189th, while the Wildcats are ranked 466th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Line Mountain to victory, but perhaps none more so than Noah Ringes, who rushed for 77 yards and two touchdowns on only seven carries, and also caught a touchdown. The dominant performance gave Ringes a new career-high in rushing yards. Ian Bates was another key rusher, rushing for 109 yards and a touchdown on only ten carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Line Mountain was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 273 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 222 rushing yards in three consecutive matchups.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Line Mountain's defense and their four sacks. Maxim Johnson was particularly dangerous to the passing game, picking up threehimself.
Meanwhile, Upper Dauphin Area came up short against Steelton-Highspire on Friday and fell 34-24. The Trojans have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Although Upper Dauphin Area took the loss, they still got scores from Aidan Bingaman, Caleb Snyder, and Isaac Jackson.
Line Mountain's victory bumped their record up to 3-1. As for Upper Dauphin Area, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-3.
Friday's match might be decided in the trenches. Line Mountain has been unstoppable on the ground this season, having averaged 202.5 rushing yards per game. However, it's not like Upper Dauphin Area struggles in that department as they've been averaging 168. It's looking like Friday's contest might have some serious battles in the trenches.
Everything came up roses for Line Mountain against Upper Dauphin Area in their previous matchup back in October of 2023 as the team secured a 35-0 win. Does Line Mountain have another victory up their sleeve, or will Upper Dauphin Area turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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