Football Preview: Greater Johnstown Trojans vs. Bald Eagle Area Eagles
Two dominant signal callers in Julius Reed and Carson Nagle are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Greater Johnstown Trojans are taking a road trip to challenge the Bald Eagle Area Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Greater Johnstown focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up four on Friday.
Greater Johnstown is headed into the contest out to prove that what happened against Richland on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Greater Johnstown had to suffer through a 49-14 loss at the hands of Richland. The Trojans have struggled against the Rams recently, as their game on Friday was their seventh consecutive lost matchup.
Greater Johnstown might have lost, but man, Zymir Reed was a machine: he picked up 130 receiving yards and two touchdowns. The bulk of those receiving yards came from one huge play: a catch that gained an incredible 79 yards.
Meanwhile, Bald Eagle Area was beaten by Clearfield 41-7 on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 273rd, while the Bison are ranked 90th).
Greater Johnstown's defeat dropped their record down to 2-5. As for Bald Eagle Area, they have been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 3-4 record this season.
We should be in store for an exciting game as both have no problem gaining yardage. Greater Johnstown has been on an offensive roll this season, having averaged 363.6 total yards per game. However, it's not like Bald Eagle Area struggles in that department as they've been averaging 381.7. With a pair of commanding offenses duking it out, the defenses are going to have their work cut out for them.
Greater Johnstown took a serious blow against Bald Eagle Area in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, falling 59-30. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Nagle, who threw for 315 yards and four touchdowns while completing 73.3% of his passes, and also rushed for 55 yards and a touchdown. Now that Greater Johnstown knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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