North Penn-Mansfield has gone 7-0 against Cowanesque Valley recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Saturday. The North Penn-Mansfield Tigers will be playing in front of their home fans against the Cowanesque Valley Indians at 7:00 p.m. North Penn-Mansfield is out to stop a three-game streak of losses at home.
North Penn-Mansfield is headed into the game out to prove that what happened against Troy on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. North Penn-Mansfield was beaten by Troy 56-13. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 444th, while the Trojans are ranked 79th).
Although North Penn-Mansfield took the loss, they still got scores from George Perry and Riley Oakes.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Cowanesque Valley). Everything went their way against Northwest Area on Friday as Cowanesque Valley made off with a 43-22 win. With that victory, the Indians brought their scoring average up to 26.3 points per game.
Cowanesque Valley found their leader in underclassman Dave Hess, who picked up 95 receiving yards and two touchdowns, and also rushed for 58 yards on only five carries. Hess also put in work on the defensive side of the ball, making two total tackles and defending three passes.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Cowanesque Valley was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 213 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 189 rushing yards in three consecutive contests.
North Penn-Mansfield's defeat dropped their record down to 2-6. As for Cowanesque Valley, their win bumped their record up to 3-5.
North Penn-Mansfield didn't have too much breathing room in their matchup against Cowanesque Valley in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, but they still walked away with a 20-14 victory. Does North Penn-Mansfield have another victory up their sleeve, or will Cowanesque Valley turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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