Wyomissing is on a three-game streak of home wins, while Lampeter-Strasburg is on a four-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Wyomissing Spartans will square off against the Lampeter-Strasburg Pioneers at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Last Friday, everything went Wyomissing's way against Octorara Area as Wyomissing made off with a 31-7 win. Given the Spartans' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 85th, while the Braves are ranked 309th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Lampeter-Strasburg). They blew past Twin Valley, posting a 62-14 victory at home.
Caileb Howse was his usual excellent self, rushing for 323 yards and seven touchdowns on only 15 carries, while also throwing for 55 yards and a touchdown while completing 80% of his passes. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 114.4 rushing yards per game. Dominic Brown was another key player, rushing for 155 yards and a touchdown while picking up 9.1 yards per carry.
Lampeter-Strasburg didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Aven Cunningham and Christian Nolt. Nolt has been hot recently, having also posted at least one defended passe the last three times he's played. Another thorn in Twin Valley's side was Emory Fluhr, who picked up a sack and made 14 total tackles.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Lampeter-Strasburg was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 526 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 195 rushing yards in six consecutive games.
Wyomissing's win bumped their record up to 8-1. As for Lampeter-Strasburg, their victory bumped their record up to 9-0.
Wyomissing didn't have too much breathing room in their matchup against Lampeter-Strasburg in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, but they still walked away with an 18-13 win. Will Wyomissing repeat their success, or does Lampeter-Strasburg have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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