The Cowanesque Valley Indians will venture away from home to square off against the Montgomery Red Raiders at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Cowanesque Valley comes in on three and Montgomery on seven.
Cowanesque Valley will bounce into Friday's matchup after beating North Penn-Mansfield, who they had gone 1-7 against in their eight prior meetings. The Indians breezed past the Tigers to the tune of 35-8 on Saturday. Considering the Indians have won five contests by more than 26 points this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.
Kegan Lane
| 10/18/25 vs North Penn-Mansfield | 190 |
| 10/10/25 @ Northwest Area | 184 |
| 09/19/25 vs Wellsboro | 143 |
| 10/04/25 @ Columbia Montour Vo-Tech | 128 |
| 09/26/25 @ South Williamsport | 117 |
| + 4 more games |
Cowanesque Valley's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Kegan Lane, who rushed for 190 yards and one touchdown, and Dave Hess, who rushed for 111 yards and a pair of TDs on only 12 carries. Lane is becoming a predictor of the Indians' success: when he posts at least 80 rushing yards the team is 4-2 (and 1-2 when he doesn't).
They were just one part of a punishing run game: Cowanesque Valley was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 308 rushing yards. They are 5-1 when they've run for more than 200 yards.
Cowanesque Valley didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. In fact, those interceptions all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Hess.
Meanwhile, Montgomery hadn't done well against South Williamsport recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Friday. The Red Raiders simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the Mountaineers 42-14. The Red Raiders are also no stranger to big wins: their blowout was the seventh game they've won by 20+ points this season.
This one was won in the trenches and the lion's share of the credit has to go to Josh Knoebel and Trace Furman. Knoebel rushed for 103 yards and three scores while Furman rushed for 105 yards and a pair of touchdowns on only 13 carries. The dominant performance also gave Furman a new career-high in rushing touchdowns (two).
Montgomery's record is now 8-1. As for Cowanesque Valley, they now have a winning record of 5-4.
Cowanesque Valley took a serious blow against Montgomery in their previous meeting back in October of 2024, falling 36-0. Can the Indians avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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