Football Preview: Line Mountain Eagles vs. James Buchanan Rockets
Line Mountain is 3-0 against James Buchanan since October of 2021, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Line Mountain Eagles will host the James Buchanan Rockets at 7:00 p.m. Line Mountain will be looking to keep their seven-game home win streak dating back to last season alive.
Line Mountain will head into Friday's match on the come-up: they were handed a three-point defeat in their last contest, but they sure didn't let that happen against Middletown on Friday. Line Mountain took their game at home with ease, bagging a 55-21 win over Middletown. Considering the Eagles have won three matchups by more than 33 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Ian Bates and Kaiden Maurer were among the main playmakers for Line Mountain as the former gained 190 total yards and four touchdowns and the latter threw for 206 yards and four touchdowns while completing 83.3% of his passes. With that strong performance, Bates is now averaging an impressive 101.3 rushing yards per game. Noah Ringes helped Maurer out on the ground, picking up 71 receiving yards and a touchdown, while also rushing for 34 yards.
They were just one part of a punishing run game: Line Mountain was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 274 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in October of 2023.
Line Mountain wouldn't let Middletown keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Gavin Dunn was the leader in that area as all came courtesy of his dominant performance.
Meanwhile, Friday just wasn't the day for James Buchanan's offense. They were dealt a 55-0 loss at the hands of Steelton-Highspire on Friday. That makes it the first time this season the Rockets have let down their home crowd.
Line Mountain's victory bumped their record up to 5-2. As for James Buchanan, their defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 4-3.
Everything came up roses for Line Mountain against James Buchanan when the teams last played back in October of 2023, as the squad secured a 56-20 win. Will Line Mountain repeat their success, or does James Buchanan have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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