The Palisades Pirates will take on the Pen Argyl Green Knights at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Palisades will come in still looking for their first win of the season.
Palisades is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They lost 46-22 to Northern Lehigh on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Pirates can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 465th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 222nd).
Meanwhile, Pen Argyl never let their opponents score on Saturday. They claimed a resounding 43-0 victory over Wilson Area on the road. The Green Knights pushed the score to 36-0 by the end of the third, a deficit the Warriors had no chance of recovering from.
Pen Argyl can attribute much of their success to Mason Soos, who rushed for 99 yards and a touchdown, and Caiden Faust, who gained 132 total yards and three touchdowns. Another player making a difference was Zachary Metzgar, who gained 35 total yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Pen Argyl was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 280 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Wilson Area only rushed for 36.
Palisades' loss dropped their record down to 0-4. As for Pen Argyl, the win also got them back to even at 2-2.
Palisades came up short against Pen Argyl in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, falling 21-17. Thankfully for Palisades, Damian Tyminski (who picked up 100 receiving yards and a touchdown, and also rushed for 65 yards and a touchdown) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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