Football Game Preview: Muncy Indians vs. South Williamsport Mountaineers

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Previous Games

10/11/24 - Away	49-21 W
11/17/23 - Home	20-57 L
10/06/23 - Home	29-28 W
10/06/22 - Neutral	21-14 W
10/08/21 - Home	31-20 W
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Muncy and South Williamsport are an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2015, but not for long. The Indians will be playing in front of their home fans against the Mountaineers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Muncy's defense has only allowed 11.9 points per game this season, so South Williamsport's offense will have their work cut out for them.

Muncy gave up the first points on Friday, but they didn't let that get them down. They walked away with a 21-9 win over North Penn-Mansfield. The victory continues a trend for the Indians in their matchups with the Tigers: they've now won four in a row.

Muncy can attribute much of their success to Andrew Walters, who rushed for 63 yards and two TDs, and Layken Harris, who rushed for 73 yards and one touchdown on only nine carries.

Wins are hard to come by when you can't run the rock, something Muncy proved: they limited North Penn-Mansfield to a paltry 1.8 yards per carry. The team can thank Jaxson Thomas for the heroic effort on defense: he. Muncy's ground attack was stronger, having averaged 4.8.

Muncy's defense didn't let the opposing QB, get away unscathed either: they got into the backfield for three sacks. Nick Delany was especially locked on to North Penn-Mansfield's QB and sacked him twice.

Meanwhile, everything came up roses for South Williamsport against Sayre on Friday as the team secured a 47-6 win. The Mountaineers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three matchups by 41 points or more this season.

South Williamsport now has a winning record of 4-3. As for Muncy, their victory bumped their record up to 5-2.

Everything came up roses for Muncy against South Williamsport in their previous matchup back in October of 2024, as the squad secured a 49-21 win. Will the Indians repeat their success, or do the Mountaineers have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.