Mechanicsburg put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They put the hurt on the Waynesboro Indians with a sharp 35-13 victory. Fans of the Wildcats have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 20+ points.
Mechanicsburg had a senior duo take command as Eli Reider rushed for 160 yards and four touchdowns on only nine carries and Isaac Dollman rushed for 186 yards and a touchdown while picking up 11.6 yards per carry. The bulk of those rushing yards came from one huge play: a run that gained an incredible 95 yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Mechanicsburg was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 346 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since the start of last season.
Mechanicsburg pushed their record up to 8-0 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Waynesboro, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 4-4.
Mechanicsburg will host Hershey at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Hershey is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 26.8 points per game this season. As for Waynesboro, they are on the road again on Friday to play Lower Dauphin at 7:00 p.m.
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