The Wissahickon Trojans will square off against the Sun Valley Vanguards at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Wissahickon will be strutting in after a victory while Sun Valley will be coming in after a defeat.
If Wissahickon beats Sun Valley with 56 points on Friday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two matchups with that exact score. Wissahickon breezed by Lower Merion on the road to the tune of 56-28 on Saturday. Given the Trojans' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 153rd, while the Aces are ranked 361st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Wissahickon's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Quasir Sampson, who rushed for 168 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.6 yards per carry. With that strong performance, Sampson is now averaging an impressive 118 rushing yards per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Dom Harvey-Sheppard, who gained 82 total yards and four touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Wissahickon was moving up and down the field and finished the game with 532 total yards. That's the most total yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.
Meanwhile, Sun Valley took a blow against Upper Perkiomen on Friday, falling 48-21.
Wissahickon now has a winning record of 2-1. As for Sun Valley, their loss was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 1-2.
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