Palmerton is 2-7 against Notre Dame-Green Pond since September of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Palmerton Blue Bombers are taking a road trip to take on the Notre Dame-Green Pond Crusaders at 7:00 p.m. Hopefully Palmerton focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up six on Friday.
Palmerton will head into Friday's matchup eager for some revenge after what happened against Salisbury Township: Palmerton blew Salisbury Township out of the water the last time the pair played, but on Friday Salisbury Township got their revenge. Palmerton fell just short of Salisbury Township by a score of 31-28. The Blue Bombers' defeat signaled the end of their three-game winning streak.
Although Palmerton took the loss, they still got scores from Vincent Taglieri, Alex Keiper, Jameson Trainer, and Aidan Ortiz.
Meanwhile, Notre Dame-Green Pond waltzed into their match on Friday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They breezed by the Pirates on the road to the tune of 56-7. The game was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 28-7.
Matt Bodnar II continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, throwing for 363 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 10.7 yards per attempt, and also rushing for 38 yards. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Aaron Gordon was another key player, gaining 131 total yards and a touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Notre Dame-Green Pond was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 217 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Notre Dame-Green Pond didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Drew Boyd, Christian Rivituso, and CJ Diaz picked up one apiece.
Palmerton's loss dropped their record down to 3-6. As for Notre Dame-Green Pond, their victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 7-1.
The upcoming contest will be a clash of competing strengths. Palmerton has deployed a run-first offense that has averaged 194.6 rushing yards a game. Meanwhile, Notre Dame-Green Pond has preferred to attack from the air: they average 377.5 passing yards per game. So which strategy will prevail on Friday? There's only one way to find out.
Palmerton strolled past Notre Dame-Green Pond in their previous meeting back in September of 2023 by a score of 41-26. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Notre Dame-Green Pond's Danny Darno, who threw for 188 yards and three touchdowns, and also rushed for 82 yards and a touchdown. Now that he won't be playing on Friday, will it be easier for Palmerton to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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