On Thursday Meadville will have to hit the road after three straight games at home. They will face off against the General McLane Lancers at 7:00 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Meadville is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Franklin 62-6 at home on Friday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
Meadville can attribute much of their success to Jordan Lawrence, who rushed for 134 yards and two touchdowns, and Jacoby Thompson, who rushed for 73 yards and a touchdown. Thompson showed off some serious burst, turning on the afterburners on one carry for 60 yards. Amari Grenaway was another key player, gaining 84 total yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Meadville was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 379 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in November of 2023.
Meadville's defense made their presence known, laying out the QB three times. In that department, Lawrence was the leader with two sacks. He also punched in two rushing touchdowns, which is notable because Meadville is undefeated when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns, but 1-3 otherwise.
Meanwhile, General McLane entered their tilt with Warren on Friday with five consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with six. They took their game at home with ease, bagging a 48-6 win over the Dragons. The Lancers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five contests by 21 points or more this season.
General McLane had a senior duo take command as Isaac Zietz threw for 214 yards and four touchdowns while completing 77.3% of his passes and Teige Berger gained 183 total yards. Zietz is on a roll when it comes to passing touchdowns, as he's now passed for three or more in the last five games he's played dating back to last season.
Meadville's victory ended a four-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 4-3. As for General McLane, their win was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 6-1.
Thursday's match will pit two of the most dominant signal callers against one another: Thompson and Zietz. Thompson has put up some stellar numbers this year, and currently owns excellent season averages 83.1 passing yards and has 5 passing touchdowns on the season. For his part, Zietz has averaged 276.6 passing yards and has 28 passing touchdowns on the season.
Everything came up roses for Meadville against General McLane in their previous meeting back in November of 2021, as the team secured a 52-19 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Meadville since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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