The Central Dauphin Rams will take on the Central Dauphin East Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have allowed few points on average, (Central Dauphin: 18, Central Dauphin East: 12.5) so any points scored will be well earned.
Things were looking good for Central Dauphin after they put the first points on the board on Friday, but unfortunately for them things went downhill from there. They lost to State College on the road by a 24-7 margin. While losing is never fun, the Rams can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 149th, while the Little Lions are ranked 25th).
Central Dauphin wouldn't let State College keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Central Dauphin can thank Andrew Kurtz and Jahmari Robinson-Bell for forcing both of them.
Meanwhile, Central Dauphin East put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They snuck past Cumberland Valley with a 34-28 victory. 34 seems to be a good number for the Panthers as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of points in their previous game.
This is the second loss in a row for Central Dauphin and nudges their season record down to 2-4. As for Central Dauphin East, they pushed their record up to 6-0 with the victory, which was their third straight at home.
Everything came up roses for Central Dauphin against Central Dauphin East when the teams last played back in October of 2023, as the team secured a 49-20 win. In that matchup, Central Dauphin amassed a halftime lead of 42-14, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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