Football Recap: Meadville Bulldogs vs. Franklin Knights
Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Meadville). They blew past the Franklin Knights 62-6 at home on Friday. Given the Bulldogs' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 203rd, while the Knights are ranked 542nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meadville was led to victory by Jordan Lawrence and Jacoby Thompson. Lawrence rushed for 134 yards and two touchdowns, while Thompson rushed for 73 yards and a touchdown. Lawrence is becoming a predictor of Meadville's success: when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns the team is undefeated (and 1-3 when he doesn't). Amari Grenaway also helped with two touchdowns in total.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Meadville was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 379 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in November of 2023.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Meadville's defense and their three sacks. Lawrence was particularly dangerous to the passing game, picking up twohimself.
Meadville now has a winning record of 4-3. As for Franklin, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-6.
Meadville will take on General McLane at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams might be coming in a bit winded given these two teams combined for 1,051 yards in their previous games. As for Franklin, they will host Eisenhower at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Eisenhower's defense has only allowed 13.4 points per game this season, so Franklin's offense will have their work cut out for them.
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