Football Preview: Montoursville Warriors vs. Mifflinburg Wildcats
Montoursville is 6-1 against Mifflinburg since September of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Saturday. The Montoursville Warriors will play host again on Saturday to welcome the Mifflinburg Wildcats, where kickoff is scheduled at 7:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Montoursville and Loyalsock Township met for a duel on Friday where Montoursville had to take the L. Montoursville received a blow as they fell 21-7 to Loyalsock Township. The contest marked the Warriors' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
The match pitted two dominant backs against one another in Christian Banks and Dolan Harman. Harman had a great game and gained 157 total yards and two touchdowns. Meanwhile, Banks did his best for the losing side, rushing for 125 yards.
Meanwhile, after a string of four wins, Mifflinburg's good fortune finally ran out on Friday. They came up short against Lewisburg, falling 49-28. The match was a 21-21 toss-up at halftime, but the Wildcats couldn't quite close it out.
Mifflinburg might have lost, but man, Chad Martin was a machine: he threw for 331 yards and two touchdowns, and also rushed for 92 yards and a touchdown. Those 92 rushing yards gave Martin a new career-high. Landen Murray was Martin's top target, picking up 174 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Montoursville's defeat dropped their record down to 5-5. As for Mifflinburg, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 4-6.
Montoursville was able to grind out a solid win over Mifflinburg in their previous matchup back in September, winning 27-20. Does Montoursville have another victory up their sleeve, or will Mifflinburg turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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