Football Recap: Mifflinburg Wildcats vs. Midd-West Mustangs
Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Mifflinburg). They breezed by the Midd-West Mustangs on the road to the tune of 76-8 on Friday. The contest was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 55-0.
Chad Martin was his usual excellent self, throwing for 231 yards and five touchdowns while completing 73.3% of his passes. He is on a roll when it comes to passing touchdowns, as he's now passed for three or more in the last three games he's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Jackson Griffith, who picked up 50 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Mifflinburg was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 244 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 74.3 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last three games they've averaged 181.7.
One reason for the win was Mifflinburg's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for four sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Mason Schneck and Cole Reibsome, who racked up all four sacks between them.
Mifflinburg's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 4-5. As for Midd-West, they are on a 19-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-9.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Mifflinburg will challenge Lewisburg at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Lewisburg's defense has only allowed 12.1 points per game this season, so Mifflinburg's offense will have their work cut out for them. As for Midd-West, they will square off against Holy Redeemer at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Midd-West is facing Holy Redeemer at the right time seeing as Holy Redeemer is stuck on an eight-game losing streak.
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