Football Preview: Juniata Indians vs. Camp Hill Lions
The Juniata Indians will head out to take on the Camp Hill Lions at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Juniata took a loss when they played away from home last Friday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Friday. Their defense stepped up to hand James Buchanan a 48-0 shutout. Given the Indians' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 219th, while the Rockets are ranked 453rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Wyatt Ehrenzeller went supernova for Juniata, throwing for 243 yards and two touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes, and also punching in two touchdowns on the ground. Ehrenzeller didn't just play on offense: he also picked up a sack and made four total tackles (1.0 for loss). Juniata also got a significant boost from Javier Lopez, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 86 yards.
Another reason for the win was Juniata's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for seven sacks. Conrad Long was especially locked on to James Buchanan's QB and sacked him twice.
Meanwhile, Camp Hill entered their tilt with Newport on Friday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the Buffaloes 43-14 on the road.
Drew Branstetter was his usual excellent self, throwing for 177 yards and three touchdowns, while also rushing for 85 yards.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Camp Hill was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 281 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since was before the start of last season.
The victory got Juniata back to even at 2-2. As for Camp Hill, their record is now 3-1.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
