Football Preview: Line Mountain Eagles vs. Steelton-Highspire Steamrollers
The Line Mountain Eagles are taking a road trip to square off against the Steelton-Highspire Steamrollers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Line Mountain will be looking to extend their current four-game winning streak.
Line Mountain's usually-dominant defense will be looking to make up for Friday's struggle, when Upper Dauphin Area offense got past them. In a tight matchup that could have gone either way, Line Mountain made off with a 33-32 victory over Upper Dauphin Area.
Ian Bates was his usual excellent self, rushing for 136 yards and two touchdowns. His rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his fourth straight game with at least 109 rushing yards dating back to last season.
Line Mountain's defensive line stepped up as well, laying out Aidan Bingaman. five times. Maxim Johnson was particularly dangerous to the passing game, picking up two sackshimself.
Meanwhile, Steelton-Highspire entered their contest against Susquehanna Township last Thursday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Steelton-Highspire lost 41-20 to Susquehanna Township. While losing is never fun, the Steamrollers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 249th, while the HANNA are ranked 122nd).
Line Mountain pushed their record up to 4-1 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Steelton-Highspire, their defeat ended a nine-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 3-2.
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