General McLane has won five straight games at home (dating back to last season), while Meadville has won five straight on the road also dating back to last season, but those streaks won't matter much on Thursday. The General McLane Lancers will welcome the Meadville Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. After the two teams made easy work of their previous opponents, one won't be so lucky on Thursday.
Last Friday, General McLane took their contest at home with ease, bagging a 48-6 win over Warren. Considering the Lancers have won five matches by more than 20 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
General McLane had a senior duo take command as Isaac Zietz threw for 214 yards and four touchdowns while completing 77.3% of his passes and Teige Berger gained 183 total yards. Berger also set a new season high mark in rushing yards with 101.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Meadville). They blew past Franklin 62-6 at home on Friday. Given the Bulldogs' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 203rd, while the Knights are ranked 542nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meadville relied on the efforts of Jordan Lawrence, who rushed for 134 yards and two touchdowns, and Jacoby Thompson, who rushed for 73 yards and a touchdown. Meadville is undefeated when Lawrence posts two or more rushing touchdowns, but 1-3 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Amari Grenaway, who gained 84 total yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Meadville was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 379 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in November of 2023.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Meadville's defense and their three sacks. Lawrence was particularly dangerous to the passing game, picking up twohimself.
General McLane's victory bumped their record up to 6-1. As for Meadville, their win ended a four-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 4-3.
The upcoming matchup will be a clash of competing strengths. General McLane has relied on air attacks this season and has averaged 290.3 passing yards per game. Meadville, on the other hand, has relied on a stout run game: they average 258 rushing yards per game. So which strategy will prevail on Thursday? There's only one way to find out.
General McLane was dealt a bruising 52-19 defeat at the hands of Meadville in their previous meeting back in November of 2021. Will General McLane have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more football content.
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