After flying high against Hatboro-Horsham last Friday, Wissahickon came back down to earth. The Wissahickon Trojans were just a hair shy of victory on Friday and fell 50-49 to the Springfield Township Spartans. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (42), the Trojans still had to take the loss.
Wissahickon lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Nolan Pounds, who threw for 345 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 13.3 yards per attempt, and also rushed for 58 yards and a touchdown. That's the most rushing yards Pounds has posted since back in August of 2023. Quasir Sampson was another key back, rushing for 191 yards and a touchdown.
Even though they lost, Wissahickon was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 314 rushing yards. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their rushing yard total in four consecutive contests.
Wissahickon has been struggling recently as they've lost four of their last five games, which put a noticeable dent in their 5-5 record this season. As for Springfield Township, they pushed their record up to 8-2 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home.
As of now, neither Wissahickon nor Springfield Township have any future games scheduled.
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