Hempfield has enjoyed the comforts of home their last three games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will venture away from home to challenge the Manheim Township Blue Streaks at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Hempfield is headed into the contest after thoroughly thrashing J.P. McCaskey: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Hempfield blew J.P. McCaskey out of the water with a 58-21 final score. The Black Knights pushed the score to 44-21 by the end of the third, a deficit the Red Tornado had little chance of recovering from.
Meanwhile, on FridayManheim Township's undefeated season almost came to an end. They had just enough and edged Plymouth Whitemarsh out 20-18. Given the Blue Streaks' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 12th, while the Colonials are ranked 109th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
The critical scores for Manheim Township came from Declan Clancy and Lex Haberbosch.
The win got Hempfield back to even at 2-2. As for Manheim Township, their victory was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 4-0.
Hempfield took a serious blow against Manheim Township in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, falling 48-7. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Hempfield was down 35-7.
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