The Muncy Indians will take on the Line Mountain Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Muncy took a loss when they played away from home two weeks ago, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Saturday. They breezed by Canton to the tune of 56-14. The Indians might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won nine matches by 20 points or more this season.
Meanwhile, with a playoff game on the line, Line Mountain rose to the challenge on Saturday. They took their game with ease, bagging a 49-19 victory over the Red Raiders. The Eagles pushed the score to 35-12 by the end of the third, a deficit the Red Raiders had little chance of recovering from.
Line Mountain can attribute much of their success to Ian Bates, who gained 296 total yards and four touchdowns, and Kaiden Maurer, who rushed for 79 yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance also gave Bates a new career-high in rushing yards (234).
Line Mountain was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 326 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 159 rushing yards in six consecutive contests.
Muncy's win was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 9-2. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 41.3 points. As for Line Mountain, their record is now 8-3.
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