Football Preview: Steelton-Highspire Steamrollers vs. Line Mountain Eagles
The Steelton-Highspire Steamrollers will challenge the Line Mountain Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Line Mountain is facing Steelton-Highspire at the wrong time: Steelton-Highspire suffered their first home loss of the season on Thursday and they're likely out for redemption. They lost 41-20 to the HANNA. While losing is never fun, the Steamrollers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 249th, while the HANNA are ranked 122nd).
Meanwhile, Line Mountain has relied on a stalwart defense averaging 17.8 points allowed per game, but that average took a hit on Friday. They slipped by Upper Dauphin Area 33-32. The victory was nothing new for the Eagles as they're now sitting on four straight.
It was another big night for Ian Bates, who rushed for 136 yards and two touchdowns. His rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his fourth straight game with at least 109 rushing yards dating back to last season.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Line Mountain's defensive line and their five sacks. Leading the way was Maxim Johnson with two.
Steelton-Highspire's loss ended a nine-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 3-2. As for Line Mountain, they pushed their record up to 4-1 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season.
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