Football Preview: Clearfield Bison vs. Bald Eagle Area Eagles
Clearfield has gone 7-2 against Bald Eagle Area recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Clearfield Bison will be playing in front of their home fans against the Bald Eagle Area Eagles at 7:00 p.m. Clearfield will be looking to keep their eight-game home win streak dating back to last season alive.
Clearfield is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took their match on the road on Friday with ease, bagging a 59-27 victory over Penns Valley Area. The Bison might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five contests by 20 points or more this season.
Clearfield had a senior duo take command as Carter Freeland rushed for 115 yards and three touchdowns on only eight carries and Brady Collins rushed for 198 yards and two touchdowns on only 13 carries. The dominant performance gave Freeland a new career-high in rushing yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Bryndin Chamberlain, who rushed for 78 yards and a touchdown on only 11 carries.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Clearfield was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 406 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 171 rushing yards in ten consecutive games dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Bald Eagle Area entered their matchup against Bellefonte on Friday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Bald Eagle Area took a 21-12 hit to the loss column at the hands of Bellefonte. Having soared to a lofty 33 points in the game before, the Eagles couldn't push the score so high this time.
Despite the defeat, Bald Eagle Area got top-tier performance from Carson Nagle, who threw for 237 yards and two touchdowns, and also rushed for 69 yards.
Clearfield's win bumped their record up to 6-0. As for Bald Eagle Area, their loss ended an eight-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 3-3.
The upcoming match will be a clash of competing strengths. Clearfield has deployed a run-first offense that has averaged 361.5 rushing yards a game. Meanwhile, Bald Eagle Area has preferred to attack from the air: they average 270.8 passing yards per game. So which strategy will prevail on Friday? There's only one way to find out.
Clearfield didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against Bald Eagle Area when the teams last played back in October of 2023, but they still walked away with a 13-7 victory. Does Clearfield have another victory up their sleeve, or will Bald Eagle Area turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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