The Forest Hills Rangers will challenge the Central Dragons at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Forest Hills will be looking to keep their five-game home win streak dating back to last season alive.
Forest Hills is headed into the game having just posted their closest victory since October 27, 2023 on Friday. They had just enough and edged Somerset out 17-14.
Mason Papinchak continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 74 yards and a touchdown, while also picking up 31 receiving yards.
Meanwhile, a win for Central just wasn't in the cards on Friday as the squad wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They lost 35-14 to Clearfield. While losing is never fun, the Dragons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 224th, while the Bison are ranked 81st).
Even though the team lost, they still had their share of impressive performances. One of the best came from Braydon Beach, who rushed for 60 yards and a touchdown.
Forest Hills now has a winning record of 5-4. As for Central, this is the second loss in a row for them and also nudges their season record down to 5-4.
Forest Hills might still be hurting after the 39-16 defeat they got from Central when the teams last played back in September of 2022. Thankfully for Forest Hills, Jeff Hoenstine (who threw for 178 yards and four touchdowns, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground) 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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