Football Preview: Blue Mountain Eagles vs. Palisades Pirates
The Blue Mountain Eagles will venture away from home to face off against the Palisades Pirates at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Blue Mountain is looking to tack on another W to their seven-game streak on the road dating back to last season.
Blue Mountain will roll into the matchup after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up eight points two weeks ago, then bounced right back against Bangor on Friday. Blue Mountain blew past Bangor 49-7 at home. Given the Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 67th, while the Slaters are ranked 408th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
It was another big night for Tyler Stahley, who rushed for 130 yards and two touchdowns on only 15 carries. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 101.6 rushing yards per game. Another player making a difference was Brady Strause, who threw for 188 yards and a touchdown on only 17 passes.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Blue Mountain was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 333 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted was before the start of last season.
Blue Mountain's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Lucas Pritiskutch and Gaige Guers.
Meanwhile, Palisades had to endure an eight-game losing streak dating back to last season, but that streak is no more. In a tight match that could have gone either way, they made off with a 21-20 win over Pen Argyl.
Blue Mountain's record now sits at 4-1. As for Palisades, their victory ended a five-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 1-4.
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