Mifflinburg is 1-6 against Montoursville since September of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Saturday. The Mifflinburg Wildcats are on the road again to play the Montoursville Warriors at 7:00 p.m. Mifflinburg is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 35.4 points per game this season.
Mifflinburg is headed into the game having just suffered their biggest loss since August 30th on Friday. They lost 49-28 to Lewisburg. The Wildcats' defeat signaled the end of their four-game winning streak.
Mifflinburg might have lost, but man, Chad Martin was a machine: he threw for 331 yards and two touchdowns, and also rushed for 92 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave Martin a new career-high in rushing yards. 174 of Martin's passing yards were hauled in by Landen Murray, who also brought in a receiving touchdown.
Meanwhile, Montoursville was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They took a hard 21-7 fall against Loyalsock Township. Despite 78 more yards than the Lancers, the Warriors couldn't convert that extra yardage to scores.
The match pitted two dominant backs against one another in Christian Banks and Dolan Harman. Harman had a great game and gained 157 total yards and two touchdowns. Meanwhile, Banks did his best for the losing side, rushing for 125 yards.
Mifflinburg's defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 4-6. As for Montoursville, their loss dropped their record down to 5-5.
Mifflinburg came up short against Montoursville when the teams last played back in September, falling 27-20. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Banks, who rushed for 187 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 7.5 yards per carry. Now that Mifflinburg knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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