Football Recap: Mifflinburg Wildcats vs. Lewisburg Green Dragons
Mifflinburg suffered their biggest defeat since August 30th on Friday. They came up short against the Lewisburg Green Dragons, falling 49-28. 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 223rd, while the Green Dragons are ranked 100th).
Despite the loss, Mifflinburg still got an impressive performance from Chad Martin, who threw for 331 yards and two touchdowns, and also rushed for 92 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave Martin a new career-high in rushing yards. Landen Murray was Martin's top target, picking up 174 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Jeremiah Davis was his usual excellent self, rushing for 337 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 17.7 yards per carry for Lewisburg. With that strong performance, Davis is now averaging an impressive 2.1 rushing touchdowns per game.
The loss snapped Mifflinburg's winning streak at four games and leaves them with a 4-6 record. As for Lewisburg, they pushed their record up to 9-1 with the victory, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season.
Mifflinburg wasted no time getting back out on the field and has already played their next match, a 28-27 defeat against Montoursville on the 2nd. As for Lewisburg, they will have some time to savor their win since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on Mount Carmel at 7:00 p.m. on November 8th. Lewisburg's defense has only allowed 13 points per game this season, so Mount Carmel's offense will have their work cut out for them.
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