Football Preview: Lehighton Indians vs. Northwestern Lehigh Tigers
Lehighton is 0-6 against Northwestern Lehigh since November of 2019 but things could change on Friday. The Lehighton Indians will head out to challenge the Northwestern Lehigh Tigers at 7:00 p.m. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Lehighton took a loss when they played away from home two weeks ago, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Friday. They blew past Palmerton 61-17 at home. The game was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Indians had established a 37 point advantage.
Meanwhile, Northwestern Lehigh put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. Everything went their way against Blue Mountain as Northwestern Lehigh made off with a 31-8 victory. Fans of the Tigers have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 20+ point.
Mason Bollinger had an outrageously good game as he rushed for 75 yards and a touchdown on only ten carries, and also picked up 30 receiving yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards.
Northwestern Lehigh was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 330 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
The win got Lehighton back to even at 2-2. As for Northwestern Lehigh, they pushed their record up to 4-0 with that victory, which was their ninth straight on the road dating back to last season.
Lehighton was taken down by Northwestern Lehigh 58-14 when the teams last played back in November of 2023. Thankfully for Lehighton, Dalton Clymer (who rushed for 121 yards and three touchdowns on only 14 carries) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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