Football Preview: Palisades Pirates vs. Palmerton Blue Bombers
Palisades is 7-2 against Palmerton since September of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Palisades Pirates will head out to square off against the Palmerton Blue Bombers at 7:00 p.m. Palisades is no doubt hoping to put an end to a five-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
Last Friday, Palisades took a blow against Blue Mountain, falling 63-13. While losing is never fun, the Pirates can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 426th, while the Eagles are ranked 69th).
Meanwhile, Palmerton won against Wilson Area on Saturday with 32 points and they decided to stick to that point total again on Saturday. Palmerton snuck past Wilson Area with a 32-28 victory. That's two games straight that the Blue Bombers have won by exactly four points.
Palisades' defeat dropped their record down to 1-5. As for Palmerton, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 2-5.
Palisades took a serious blow against Palmerton in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, falling 54-23. Thankfully for Palisades, Matthew Machalik (who rushed for 221 yards and three touchdowns on only ten carries, and also threw for 179 yards and three touchdowns on only 16 passes) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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