Football Preview: Conemaugh Township Indians vs. Windber Ramblers
The Conemaugh Township Indians will head out on the road to square off against the Windber Ramblers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Last Friday, everything went Conemaugh Township's way against Homer-Center as Conemaugh Township made off with a 27-7 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Indians.
Brennan Lohr had a dynamite game for Conemaugh Township, rushing for 154 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 8.6 yards per carry, and also catching a touchdown. The dominant performance gave Lohr a new career-high in rushing yards.
Conemaugh Township was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 210 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 71.4 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last three matchups they've averaged 201.
Conemaugh Township didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off four passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Dawson Statler, Reed Conn, Lohr, and Cohen Stahl picked up one apiece.
Meanwhile, Windber had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 31.5 points) and they went ahead and made it five on Friday. They breezed by the Hornets to the tune of 42-7. The match was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 35-0.
Windber had a senior duo take command as Evan Brady picked up 115 receiving yards and two touchdowns and Lucas Oleksa threw for 133 yards and two touchdowns on only 11 passes. Those 115 receiving yards set a new season-high mark for Brady.
The victory got Conemaugh Township back to even at 5-5. As for Windber, they pushed their record up to 8-2 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home.
Conemaugh Township was taken down by Windber 66-0 when the teams last played back in November of 2022. Thankfully for Conemaugh Township, John Shuster (who rushed for 311 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 17.3 yards per carry) 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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