Cedar Crest is on a five-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while Manheim Township is on a eight-game streak of away wins (also dating back to last season): one of those streaks is about to end. The Cedar Crest Falcons will welcome the Manheim Township Blue Streaks at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Cedar Crest will roll into the game after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up seven points last Friday, then bounced right back against Reading on Friday. Cedar Crest was the clear victor by a 42-20 margin over Reading. Given the Falcons' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 122nd, while the Red KNights are ranked 336th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Manheim Township). They breezed by J.P. McCaskey at home to the tune of 48-0 on Friday. The score at the end of the third wound up being the final score as the Blue Streaks just coasted through the last quarter.
Manheim Township had a senior duo take command as Carson Weisser threw for 234 yards and five touchdowns while completing 88.9% of his passes and Lex Haberbosch picked up 180 receiving yards and three touchdowns. Those five passing touchdowns set a new season-high mark for Weisser. Another player making a difference was Daryus Dixon, who picked up 43 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Manheim Township was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 224 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 152 rushing yards in six consecutive matchups.
Cedar Crest's win bumped their record up to 4-2. As for Manheim Township, their victory bumped their record up to 6-0.
Cedar Crest was taken down by Manheim Township 42-0 when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Thankfully for Cedar Crest, Hayden Johnson (who threw for 197 yards and four touchdowns while completing 92.3% of his passes, and also rushed for 75 yards and a touchdown on only eight carries) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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