Garden Spot is 1-6 against Manheim Central since October of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Garden Spot Spartans will face off against the Manheim Central Barons at 7:00 p.m. Garden Spot is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 29.5 points per game this season.
Garden Spot is likely headed into the contest with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Conrad Weiser last Friday. Garden Spot took a hard 24-6 fall against Conrad Weiser. It was the first time this season that the Spartans let down their fans at home.
Garden Spot wouldn't let Conrad Weiser keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. It was truly a group effort as Cullen Witmer, Jace Conrad, and Addison Heist picked up one apiece.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Manheim Central). They came out on top in a nail-biter against Fleetwood on Friday, sneaking past 28-26. The Barons pushed the score to 28-6 by the end of the third, a deficit the Tigers cut but never quite recovered from.
The critical scores for Manheim Central came from Zion Rolon, Brodie Daugherty, Xavier Oxceva, and Asher Cook.
Manheim Central didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Oxceva and Cook.
Garden Spot's defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 3-4. As for Manheim Central, their victory ended a five-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 3-5.
Garden Spot was taken down by Manheim Central 63-13 in their previous meeting back in October of 2019. Thankfully for Garden Spot, Evan Simon (who rushed for 193 yards and two touchdowns on only eight carries, and also threw for 224 yards and four touchdowns while completing 81.8% of his passes) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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