The Gettysburg Warriors will head out to challenge 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 outmatched by Mechanicsburg at home and fell 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 had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 24.5 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They came out on top against the Falcons by a score of 13-3.
Cameron Sweeney was the offensive standout of the contest as he rushed for 146 yards and a touchdown on only 14 carries. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards.
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 189 rushing yards in five consecutive matchups.
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.
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 almost perfectly matched up in their previous matchup back in August of 2023, but Gettysburg suffered an agonizing 36-35 loss. Can Gettysburg avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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