Football Preview: Camp Hill Lions vs. Lancaster Catholic Crusaders
The Camp Hill Lions will head out on the road to face off against the Lancaster Catholic Crusaders at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Camp Hill is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 25.9 points per game this season.
Camp Hill will head into Friday's match hoping to keep the good times rolling: they only won by two when they last took the field, which might have inspired the 34-point they dealt James Buchanan on Friday. Camp Hill breezed by James Buchanan to the tune of 48-14. The result was nothing new for the Lions, who have now won three games by 29 points or more so far this season.
Drew Branstetter continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, throwing for 207 yards and two touchdowns while completing 72.7% of his passes, and also rushing for 68 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries. A healthy portion of Branstetter's aerial production (86 yards to be exact) went to Alex Long, who also brought in a receiving touchdown.
Another reason for the win was Camp Hill's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for four sacks. In that department, Long was the leader with two. Another thorn in James Buchanan's side was Noah Doi, who picked up a sack and made 14 total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Camp Hill was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 314 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since the start of last season.
Meanwhile, Lancaster Catholic unfortunately witnessed the end of their three-game winning streak on Friday. They fell 40-29 to Schuylkill Valley.
Camp Hill's victory bumped their record up to 6-4. As for Lancaster Catholic, their defeat dropped their record down to an identical 6-4.
Camp Hill and Lancaster Catholic were almost perfectly matched up in their previous meeting back in August, but Camp Hill suffered an agonizing 43-42 loss. Can Camp Hill avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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