The Gettysburg Warriors are taking a road trip to face off against the Hershey Trojans at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gettysburg will head into Friday's game out to bounce back: they won a close one the last time they played, but unfortunately they suffered a serious change of fortune on Friday. They were beaten by Mechanicsburg 48-20. While losing is never fun, the Warriors can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 241st, while the Wildcats are ranked 80th).
Meanwhile, Hershey waltzed into their matchup on Friday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They came out on top against the Falcons by a score of 13-3.
Cameron Sweeney looked great while leading his team to the win, rushing for 146 yards and a touchdown on only 14 carries. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards.
Hershey's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged three passes before it was all said and done. It was truly a group effort as LJ Douglas, Magill Zagaceta, and Zagaceta picked up one apiece. Bryan Maduena also set a new season high mark in total tackles with six.
Hershey was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 204 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 204 rushing yards in three consecutive contests.
Gettysburg now has a losing record at 2-3. As for Hershey, their win bumped their record up to 4-1.
Gettysburg and Hershey were neck-and-neck when the teams last played back in August of 2023, but Gettysburg came up empty-handed after a 36-35 defeat. Can Gettysburg avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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