Wilkes-Barre and Hazleton Area are an even 3-3 against one another since September of 2019, but not for long. The Wilkes-Barre Wolfpack will face off against the Hazleton Area Cougars at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Wilkes-Barre took a loss when they played away from home two weeks ago, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Friday. They really took it to West Scranton for the full four quarters, racking up a 35-2 victory at home. The match was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Wolfpack had established a 27 point advantage.
DAVON UNDERWOOD continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 157 yards and two touchdowns on only 14 carries, while also picking up 65 receiving yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. LOGAN SINCAVAGE got in on the action as well, converting a pick into a touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Wilkes-Barre was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 224 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Hazleton Area had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 13.5 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They blew past the Spartans 34-7 at home. That looming 34-7 mark stands out as the most commanding margin for the Cougars yet this season.
The win snapped Wilkes-Barre's losing streak at three games and leaves them with a 2-3 record. As for Hazleton Area, they now have a winning record of 3-2.
Wilkes-Barre strolled past Hazleton Area in their previous matchup back in September of 2023 by a score of 27-8. Will Wilkes-Barre repeat their success, or does Hazleton Area have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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