Football Recap: Cambria Heights Highlanders vs. Richland Rams
With a playoff game on the line, Cambria Heights rose to the challenge on Friday. They blew past the Richland Rams 42-21. The Highlanders might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won eight matches by 21 points or more this season.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Cambria Heights to victory, but perhaps none more so than Trey Trybus, who rushed for 109 yards and two touchdowns on only 15 carries, and also picked up 51 receiving yards. That's the most rushing yards Trybus has posted since back in September. Marshall Eckenrode was another key back, rushing for 94 yards and two touchdowns on only 11 carries.
Cambria Heights was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 366 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 171 rushing yards in 15 consecutive matchups dating back to last season.
Several Rams players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Jamere Christian, who picked up 100 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Cambria Heights' win was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 13-0. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 35.4 points. As for Richland, they moved to 10-3 with that loss, which also ended their four-game winning streak.
Cambria Heights will face off against Central Clarion [Clarion/Clarion-Limestone/North Clarion] at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Central Clarion [Clarion/Clarion-Limestone/North Clarion] knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 31 points or more in their past eight contests -- so hopefully Cambria Heights likes a good challenge. Richland does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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