The Tyrone Golden Eagles will take on the Huntingdon Bearcats at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Tyrone's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Bishop Guilfoyle on Saturday. They came up short against the Marauders, falling 26-0. While losing is never fun, the Golden Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 274th, while the Marauders are ranked 105th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Huntingdon). They blew past Central 49-19 on Friday. With that victory, the Bearcats brought their scoring average up to 26.7 points per game.
Tyrone better keep an eye on Evan Edmiston. He was instrumental in Huntingdon's win, rushing for 148 yards and three touchdowns on only 15 carries. Those 148 rushing yards gave Edmiston a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Landon Erdman, who rushed for 101 yards and one TD on only nine carries.
Huntingdon was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 272 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Central only rushed for 114.
Huntingdon pushed their record up to 5-1 with the win, which was their third straight at home. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to yards per carry: they averaged an imposing 6.8 yards per carry in those games compared to only 3.27 in the others. As for Tyrone, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 3-3.
Everything went Tyrone's way against Huntingdon in their previous matchup back in October of 2024, as Tyrone made off with a 32-7 victory. Do the Golden Eagles have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Bearcats turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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