Football Preview: Notre Dame-Green Pond Crusaders vs. Pen Argyl Green Knights
The Notre Dame-Green Pond Crusaders will venture away from home to square off against the Pen Argyl Green Knights at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday. Notre Dame-Green Pond will be looking to extend their current three-game winning streak.
Notre Dame-Green Pond is headed into the game after thoroughly thrashing Northern Lehigh: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Notre Dame-Green Pond blew Northern Lehigh out of the water with a 49-19 final score. The result was nothing new for the Crusaders, who have now won three matchups by 30 points or more so far this season.
A big part of Notre Dame-Green Pond's victory came down to the chemistry between Matt Bodnar II and his top target Carmine Diaz. Bodnar II threw for 419 yards and four touchdowns while completing 76.9% of his passes while Diaz picked up 161 receiving yards and three touchdowns. Another player making a difference was Jonathan Striba, who gained 123 total yards and a touchdown.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Pen Argyl, who bounced back after a loss on the road two weeks ago. They took down Salisbury Township 21-3 on Saturday.
The critical scores for Pen Argyl came from Mason Soos and Caiden Faust.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Pen Argyl's defense and their nine sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Nuallan King and Rocco Decesare, who racked up eight sacks between them. King also set a new season high mark in total tackles with ten.
Notre Dame-Green Pond's win was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 5-1. As for Pen Argyl, the victory got them back to even at 3-3.
The upcoming match will be a clash of competing strengths. Notre Dame-Green Pond has relied on air attacks this season and has averaged 366.7 passing yards per game. Pen Argyl, on the other hand, has relied on a stout run game: they average 197.8 rushing yards per game. So which strategy will prevail on Saturday? There's only one way to find out.
Notre Dame-Green Pond took their win against Pen Argyl when the teams last played back in October of 2021 by a conclusive 45-20. Does Notre Dame-Green Pond have another victory up their sleeve, or will Pen Argyl turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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