Football Preview: Central Mountain Wildcats vs. Selinsgrove Seals
Central Mountain is 1-8 against Selinsgrove since October of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Central Mountain Wildcats are taking a road trip to challenge the Selinsgrove Seals at 7:00 p.m. Given that both suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.
Central Mountain is headed into Friday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their fifth straight game dating back to last season on Friday. They took a 36-17 bruising from Williamsport. 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 245th).
Central Mountain's loss came about despite a quality game 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.
Meanwhile, Selinsgrove took a blow against Jersey Shore on Friday, falling 55-21. The Seals were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 35-7.
Even though the team lost, they still had their share of impressive performances. One of the best came from Andrew Gesumaria, who rushed for 78 yards and a touchdown. He got the majority of those rushing yards when he took off on a run and that went for an incredible 79 yards.
Central Mountain's record now sits at 0-3. As for Selinsgrove, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 1-2.
Central Mountain was taken down by Selinsgrove 49-14 when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Thankfully for Central Mountain, Tucker Teats (who rushed for 107 yards and three touchdowns on only five carries, and also caught a touchdown) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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