Football Preview: Pen Argyl Green Knights vs. Notre Dame-Green Pond Crusaders
The Pen Argyl Green Knights will face off against the Notre Dame-Green Pond Crusaders at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday. Pen Argyl's defense has only allowed 15.8 points per game this season, so Notre Dame-Green Pond's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Pen Argyl took a loss when they played away from home two weeks ago, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Saturday. They took down Salisbury Township 21-3.
The critical scores for Pen Argyl came from Mason Soos and Caiden Faust.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Pen Argyl's defense and their nine sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Nuallan King and Rocco Decesare, who racked up eight sacks between them. King also set a new season high mark in total tackles with ten.
Meanwhile, Notre Dame-Green Pond entered their tilt with Northern Lehigh on Friday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They took their matchup at home with ease, bagging a 49-19 win over the Bulldogs. Considering the Crusaders have won three contests by more than 29 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
A big part of Notre Dame-Green Pond's victory came down to the chemistry between Matt Bodnar II and his top target Carmine Diaz. Bodnar II threw for 419 yards and four touchdowns while completing 76.9% of his passes while Diaz picked up 161 receiving yards and three touchdowns. The team also got some help courtesy of Jonathan Striba, who gained 123 total yards and a touchdown.
The win got Pen Argyl back to even at 3-3. As for Notre Dame-Green Pond, they pushed their record up to 5-1 with the victory, which was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season.
The upcoming match will be a clash of competing strengths. Pen Argyl has deployed a run-first offense that has averaged 197.8 rushing yards a game. Meanwhile, Notre Dame-Green Pond has preferred to attack from the air: they average 366.7 passing yards per game. So which strategy will prevail on Saturday? There's only one way to find out.
Pen Argyl suffered a grim 45-20 defeat to Notre Dame-Green Pond when the teams last played back in October of 2021. Thankfully for Pen Argyl, Danny Darno (who threw for 289 yards and three touchdowns while completing 76.2% of his passes) 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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