The Upper Dauphin Area Trojans will face off against the West Perry Mustangs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Having struggled with four defeats in a row dating back to last season, Upper Dauphin Area finally turned things around against Halifax on Thursday. They took their matchup on the road with ease, bagging a 42-8 victory over the Wildcats. The match was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 36-0.
Upper Dauphin Area had a senior duo take command as Tyler Erdley gained 117 total yards and a touchdown and Aidan Bingaman threw for 127 yards and two touchdowns on only nine passes.
Meanwhile, West Perry made easy work of Boiling Springs on Friday and carried off a 44-21 win. Given the Mustangs' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 142nd, while the Bubblers are ranked 351st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
The victory got Upper Dauphin Area back to even at 1-1. As for West Perry, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 2-0.
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