The Montoursville Warriors will venture away from home to challenge the Mifflinburg Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Given that both suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.
Montoursville managed to keep up with Danville until halftime on Friday, but things quickly went downhill from there. Montoursville lost 44-20 to Danville. The loss continues a trend for the Warriors in their matchups with the Ironmen: they've now lost six in a row.
Although Montoursville took the loss, they still got scores from Christian Banks, Owen Kleinman, and Todd Crawford.
Meanwhile, Mifflinburg was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat. They and Mount Carmel were almost perfectly matched up, but Mifflinburg suffered a 35-34 loss.
Despite the defeat, Mifflinburg got top-tier performance from Radwil Susan, who rushed for 63 yards and three touchdowns. The dominant performance gave him a new career- in total yards. Another player making a difference was Chad Martin, who threw for 179 yards and a touchdown on only 16 passes.
Having lost for the first time this season, Montoursville fell to 2-1. As for Mifflinburg, their loss dropped their record down to 0-3.
Friday's matchup might be decided in the trenches. Montoursville has been unstoppable on the ground this season, having averaged 201 rushing yards per game. It's a different story for Mifflinburg, though, as they've been averaging only 84.3. How will they fare against such a dominant running game?
Montoursville couldn't quite finish off Mifflinburg when the teams last played back in October of 2021 and fell 29-27. Can Montoursville avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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