The Line Mountain Eagles will head out on the road to challenge the Steelton-Highspire Steamrollers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Line Mountain will be looking to extend their current four-game winning streak.
Line Mountain's usually-dominant defense will be looking to make up for Friday's struggle, when Upper Dauphin Area offense got past them. Line Mountain pulled ahead with a 33-32 photo finish over Upper Dauphin Area on Friday.
Ian Bates was his usual excellent self, rushing for 136 yards and two touchdowns. His rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his fourth straight game with at least 109 rushing yards dating back to last season.
Another reason for the win was Line Mountain's imposing defensive line, which managed to get into the backfield for five sacks. In that department, Maxim Johnson was the leader with two.
Meanwhile, Steelton-Highspire entered their game against Susquehanna Township on Thursday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Steelton-Highspire lost 41-20 to Susquehanna Township. While losing is never fun, the Steamrollers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 249th, while the HANNA are ranked 122nd).
Line Mountain pushed their record up to 4-1 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Steelton-Highspire, their defeat ended a nine-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 3-2.
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