The Chambersburg Trojans will face off against the Cedar Cliff Colts at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with four consecutive losses for Chambersburg and three for Cedar Cliff.
Chambersburg managed to keep up with State College until halftime on Friday, but things quickly went downhill from there. Chambersburg came up short against State College, falling 29-7. While losing is never fun, the Trojans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 149th, while the Little Lions are ranked 24th).
Meanwhile, Cedar Cliff entered their match against Harrisburg on Friday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Cedar Cliff took a 28-20 hit to the loss column at the hands of Harrisburg. The matchup was a 14-14 toss-up at halftime, but the Colts couldn't quite close it out.
Despite the loss, Cedar Cliff had strong showings from Blake Secrest, who gained 87 total yards and a touchdown, and Amarion Autry, who picked up 34 receiving yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance also gave Secrest a new career-high in rushing yards.
Chambersburg's defeat dropped their record down to 1-4. As for Cedar Cliff, they now have a losing record at 2-3.
Chambersburg suffered a grim 35-14 defeat to Cedar Cliff when the teams last played back in October of 2017. Thankfully for Chambersburg, Bobby Whalen (who rushed for 113 yards and three touchdowns on only 13 carries, and also threw for 152 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.
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