After two games on the road, Harry S. Truman is heading back home. A feisty cat fight will be fought when Tigers challenges the Cheltenham Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Given that both suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.
Harry S. Truman is headed into the contest out to prove that what happened against Quakertown on Thursday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Harry S. Truman was outmatched by Quakertown on the road and fell 54-14. The defeat continues a trend for the Tigers in their matchups with the Panthers: they've now lost six in a row.
Meanwhile, Cheltenham suffered their closest loss since August 31, 2023 on Thursday. They fell just short of Upper Dublin by a score of 20-17. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 213th, while the Cardinals are ranked 93rd).
Harry S. Truman's defeat dropped their record down to 1-7. As for Cheltenham, their loss dropped their record down to 2-6.
Harry S. Truman didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Cheltenham in their previous matchup back in March of 2021, but they still walked away with a 34-28 win. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Cheltenham's Zachary Gaffin, who rushed for 80 yards and a touchdown on only 11 carries, and also threw for 234 yards and a touchdown while picking up 10.6 yards per attempt. Now that he won't be playing on Friday, will it be easier for Harry S. Truman to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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