Football Preview: Harrisburg Cougars vs. Chambersburg Trojans
Harrisburg is 9-0 against Chambersburg since October of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Saturday. The Harrisburg Cougars will welcome the Chambersburg Trojans at 1:00 p.m. Neither of those teams managed to put together many points in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Harrisburg is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Pennsylvania's top teams: State College, who was ranked 25th in their home state at the time (Harrisburg was ranked ninth). Harrisburg pulled ahead with a 7-6 photo finish over State College on Saturday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Cougars.
Harrisburg can attribute much of their success to Jaiyon Lewis, who threw for 174 yards and a touchdown, and also rushed for 53 yards.
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 40-3, which was the final score in Chambersburg's tilt against Bishop McDevitt on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Trojans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 185th, while the Crusaders are ranked 12th).
Harrisburg now has a winning record of 2-1. As for Chambersburg, they now have a losing record at 1-2.
Everything came up roses for Harrisburg against Chambersburg in their previous meeting back in October of 2023 as the squad secured a 60-14 win. In that matchup, Harrisburg amassed a halftime lead of 34-7, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Saturday.
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