Two dominant signal callers in Brody Rebuck and Logan Steele are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Shikellamy Braves will take on the Shamokin Area Indians at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Shikellamy has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the game with three straight losses, while Shamokin Area will come in with ten straight victories.
On Friday, Shikellamy was beaten by Southern Columbia Area 61-28. While losing is never fun, the Braves can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 304th, while the Tigers are ranked 78th).
Despite the defeat, Shikellamy had strong showings from Kaleb O'Connor, who rushed for 62 yards and one TD on only six carries, and Thomas Pollock, who picked up 84 receiving yards.
Meanwhile, Shamokin Area hadn't done well against Mount Carmel recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Friday. The Indians secured a 26-21 W over the RED TORNADOES. The 26-point effort marked the Indians' lowest-scoring matchup of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Shikellamy better keep an eye on Zakem Clinton. He was instrumental in Shamokin Area's win, rushing for 80 yards and one touchdown. Clinton didn't just play on offense: he also picked up a sack and made one tackle.
Shamokin Area was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 272 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 194 rushing yards in 11 consecutive contests dating back to last season.
Shamokin Area didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Steele and Colin Steinhart.
Shamokin Area's record now sits at 10-0. As for Shikellamy, their loss dropped their record down to 5-5.
Shikellamy was dealt a bruising 52-21 defeat at the hands of Shamokin Area in their previous matchup back in September. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point the Braves were down 34-7.
