Football Recap: Central Mountain Falls Despite Strong Effort from Hunter Hoy

By Team Reports Sep 10, 2024, 12:33pm

Football Recap: Central Mountain Wildcats vs. Williamsport Millionaires

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Central Mountain was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss. They took a hard 36-17 fall against the Williamsport Millionaires. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 494th, while the Millionaires are ranked 244th).

Despite the loss, Central Mountain still got an impressive performance from Hunter Hoy, who rushed for 70 yards and a touchdown, and also threw for 75 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave him a new career- in total yards.

Williamsport's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Kahyear Whaley led the charge by rushing for 133 yards and a touchdown on only 13 carries, while also catching a touchdown. With that strong performance, Whaley is now averaging an impressive 106 rushing yards per game. Another player making a difference was Giovanni White, who rushed for 109 yards and a touchdown on only six carries.

Central Mountain's defeat dropped their record down to 0-3. As for Williamsport, the victory (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 3-0.

Central Mountain will take on Selinsgrove at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Williamsport, they will square off against Shikellamy at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.

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