The Mifflin County Huskies will challenge the Shippensburg Greyhounds at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Mifflin County has struggled recently with three defeats in a row, while Shippensburg will arrive with four straight wins.
Last Friday, Mifflin County took a blow against Hershey, falling 35-7. While losing is never fun, the Huskies can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 368th, while the Trojans are ranked 132nd).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Shippensburg). They simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat Palmyra 47-13 at home. While the Greyhounds didn't have the best season last year (they finished 4-6), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
Janye Statum was his usual excellent self, rushing for 141 yards and three touchdowns. His rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his fourth straight game with at least 133 rushing yards dating back to last season. Shippensburg also got a significant boost from Mark Carothers, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 94 yards.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Shippensburg was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 385 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 199 rushing yards in six consecutive contests dating back to last season.
Mifflin County's loss dropped their record down to 1-3. As for Shippensburg, their victory bumped their record up to 4-0.
Mifflin County was dealt a bruising 45-14 defeat at the hands of Shippensburg when the teams last played back in September of 2019. Thankfully for Mifflin County, Alex Sharrow (who rushed for 107 yards and a touchdown on only 14 carries) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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