Lower Dauphin hasn't had much luck against Bishop McDevitt recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Lower Dauphin Falcons will venture away from home to face off against the Bishop McDevitt Crusaders at 7:00 p.m. The two teams might be coming in a bit winded given these two teams combined for 988 yards in their previous games.
Bishop McDevitt is hoping to do what Gettysburg couldn't on Friday: put an end to Lower Dauphin's winning streak, which now stands at four games. Lower Dauphin secured a 35-31 W over Gettysburg.
A big part of Lower Dauphin's win came down to the chemistry between Carter Burton and his top target Braeden Heckard. Burton rushed for 115 yards and three touchdowns while Heckard rushed for 61 yards and a touchdown on only eight carries. That's the most rushing yards Burton has posted since back in September of 2023.
Lower Dauphin was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 292 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Bishop McDevitt faced State College in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Friday. Bishop McDevitt fell just short of State College by a score of 58-55. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (41), the Crusaders still had to take the loss.
Bishop McDevitt's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Stone Saunders, who threw for 438 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 10.7 yards per attempt, and Dominic Diaz-Ellis, who picked up 205 receiving yards and four touchdowns. Diaz-Ellis was no stranger to the big play, cutting upfield on a catch that went for 52 yards. Nazir Jones-Davis helped Saunders out on the ground, rushing for 109 yards and a touchdown on only 14 carries, while also picking up 36 receiving yards.
Lower Dauphin pushed their record up to 6-4 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home. As for Bishop McDevitt, they moved to 8-2 with that loss, which also ended their seven-game winning streak.
Lower Dauphin took a serious blow against Bishop McDevitt when the teams last played back in October of 2023, falling 61-10. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Lower Dauphin was down 35-10.
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