Football Preview: Middletown Blue Raiders vs. Boiling Springs Bubblers
The Middletown Blue Raiders will venture away from home to challenge the Boiling Springs Bubblers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Middletown is no doubt hoping to put an end to a five-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
Last Friday, Middletown didn't have quite enough to beat Greencastle-Antrim and fell 28-26. That's two games in a row now that the Blue Raiders have lost by exactly two points.
Middletown might have lost, but man, Gavin Paul was a machine: he rushed for 98 yards and two touchdowns. Luis Roman also helped with two touchdowns in total.
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 61-10, which was the final score in Boiling Springs' tilt against Susquehanna Township on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Bubblers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 326th, while the HANNA are ranked 87th).
Middletown now has a losing record at 1-2. As for Boiling Springs, this is the second loss in a row for them and also nudges their season record down to 1-2.
Middletown and Boiling Springs were almost perfectly matched up when the teams last played back in October of 2023, but Middletown suffered an agonizing 6-5 loss. Can Middletown avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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