The Mahanoy Area Golden Bears will square off against the Pine Grove Cardinals at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Having struggled with five losses in a row dating back to last season, Mahanoy Area finally turned things around against Marian Catholic on Saturday. They took down Marian Catholic 26-7.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Pine Grove). They walked away with a 28-21 victory over Shenandoah Valley on Saturday. The Cardinals pushed the score to 28-7 by the end of the third, a deficit the Blue Devils cut but never quite recovered from.
Pine Grove found their leader in underclassman Logan Troup, who rushed for 150 yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance gave Troup a new career-high in rushing yards.
Pine Grove was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 226 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Mahanoy Area's first win this season bumped their record up to 1-4. As for Pine Grove, their victory (their first of the season) made their record 1-4.
Everything went Mahanoy Area's way against Pine Grove when the teams last played back in October of 2021, as Mahanoy Area made off with a 40-17 win. Will Mahanoy Area repeat their success, or does Pine Grove have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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