The Line Mountain Eagles will venture away from home to square off against the Steelton-Highspire Steamrollers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Line Mountain will be looking to extend their current four-game winning streak.
Line Mountain's usually-dominant defense will be looking to make up for Friday's struggle, when Upper Dauphin Area offense got past them. Line Mountain won a matchup that couldn't have been any closer, slipping by Upper Dauphin Area 33-32.
It was another big night for Ian Bates, who rushed for 136 yards and two touchdowns. His rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his fourth straight game with at least 109 rushing yards dating back to last season.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Line Mountain's defensive line and their five sacks. Upper Dauphin Area's QB won't forget Maxim Johnson anytime soon given he sacked him twice.
Meanwhile, Steelton-Highspire entered their contest against Susquehanna Township last Thursday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Steelton-Highspire lost 41-20 to Susquehanna Township. While losing is never fun, the Steamrollers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 249th, while the HANNA are ranked 122nd).
Line Mountain pushed their record up to 4-1 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Steelton-Highspire, their loss ended a nine-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 3-2.
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