Football Preview: Cedar Cliff Colts vs. Chambersburg Trojans
The Cedar Cliff Colts will head out to take on the Chambersburg Trojans at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both have had a bumpy ride up to this point with three consecutive losses for Cedar Cliff and four for Chambersburg.
Cedar Cliff will head out to face Chambersburg after giving up their first home loss of the season on Friday. Cedar Cliff took a 28-20 hit to the loss column at the hands of Harrisburg. The matchup was a 14-14 toss-up at halftime, but the Colts couldn't quite close it out.
Cedar Cliff's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Blake Secrest, who gained 87 total yards and a touchdown, and Amarion Autry, who picked up 34 receiving yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance also gave Secrest a new career-high in rushing yards.
Meanwhile, Chambersburg managed to keep up with State College until halftime on Friday, but things quickly went downhill from there. Chambersburg lost 29-7 to State College. 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 149th, while the Little Lions are ranked 24th).
Cedar Cliff now has a losing record at 2-3. As for Chambersburg, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-4.
Everything went Cedar Cliff's way against Chambersburg in their previous matchup back in October of 2017 as Cedar Cliff made off with a 35-14 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Cedar Cliff since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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