The Upper Perkiomen Indians will take on the Phoenixville Phantoms at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Upper Perkiomen is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 29.9 points per game this season.
Upper Perkiomen heads in on the heels of a playoff matchup last Friday. They came up short against Phoenixville, falling 31-7. Having soared to a lofty 35 points in the game before, the Indians couldn't push the score so high this time.
Phoenixville had a senior duo take command as Trey Lear gained 86 total yards and three touchdowns and Deacon Williams rushed for 117 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance also gave Lear a new career-high in rushing yards (60). Kevin Kingsbury also helped out with an impressive 81 receiving yards.
They were just one part of a punishing run game: Phoenixville was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 242 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 175 rushing yards in six consecutive matches.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Phoenixville's defense and their four sacks. In that department, Andrew Kirk was the leader with two.
Phoenixville's defeat ended a 12-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 9-2. As for Upper Perkiomen, their loss dropped their record down to 6-5.
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