North Schuylkill is on a seven-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while Northwestern Lehigh is on a nine-game streak of away wins (also dating back to last season): one of those streaks is about to end. The North Schuylkill Spartans will host the Northwestern Lehigh Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
North Schuylkill is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat Jim Thorpe 50-7 on the road. With the Spartans ahead 28-7 at the half, the game was all but over already.
Meanwhile, Northwestern Lehigh humbled Lehighton with a 42-7 victory. Fans of the Tigers have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 20+ points.
Northwestern Lehigh can attribute much of their success to Shane Leh, who threw for 164 yards and three touchdowns, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground.
North Schuylkill now has a winning record of 3-2. As for Northwestern Lehigh, their victory bumped their record up to 5-0.
North Schuylkill might still be hurting after the 34-14 loss they got from Northwestern Lehigh when the teams last played back in November of 2022. Thankfully for North Schuylkill, Cade Christopher (who rushed for 221 yards and a touchdown while picking up 8.5 yards per carry, and also threw for 28 yards and a touchdown) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
