Football Preview: Shippensburg Greyhounds vs. Mechanicsburg Wildcats
Shippensburg is on a five-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while Mechanicsburg is on a six-game streak of away wins (also dating back to last season): one of those streaks is about to end. The Shippensburg Greyhounds will host the Mechanicsburg Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have allowed few points on average, (Shippensburg: 12.3, Mechanicsburg: 11.2) so any points scored will be well earned.
Last Friday, Shippensburg strolled past Northern York with points to spare, taking the game 28-14. Given the Greyhounds' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 82nd, while the Polar Bears are ranked 259th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Brady Maciejewski was the offensive standout of the contest as he punched in two rushing scores, and also threw for 52 yards and a touchdown.
Meanwhile, Mechanicsburg made easy work of Hershey on Friday and carried off a 42-21 win. Fans of the Wildcats have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 20+ points.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Eli Reider and Cameron Sweeney. Reider had a great game and threw for 234 yards and four touchdowns while completing 76.9% of his passes. Meanwhile, Sweeney was balling out in the loss, rushing for 65 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries, while also throwing for 79 yards and a touchdown on only seven passes.
Shippensburg's victory bumped their record up to 9-0. As for Mechanicsburg, their win bumped their record up to an identical 9-0.
Shippensburg beat Mechanicsburg 14-7 in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. Will Shippensburg repeat their success, or does Mechanicsburg have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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