The North Penn-Mansfield Tigers will face off against the Athens Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.
North Penn-Mansfield will head out to face Athens after giving up their first home loss of the season on Friday. North Penn-Mansfield fell 51-40 to Canton. The Tigers haven't had much luck with the Warriors recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
North Penn-Mansfield's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Luke Kreger, who picked up 264 receiving yards and three touchdowns, and Cooper Shaw, who threw for 431 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 12.0 yards per attempt. With that strong performance, Kreger is now averaging an impressive 127.8 receiving yards per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Riley Oakes, who picked up 78 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 48 points the game before, Athens was a bit more limited in their game on Saturday. They were outmatched by Troy on the road and fell 55-0. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 279th, while the Trojans are ranked 36th).
North Penn-Mansfield's defeat dropped their record down to 1-3. As for Athens, their loss dropped their record down to 2-2.
North Penn-Mansfield and Athens were almost perfectly matched up when the teams last played back in October of 2023, but North Penn-Mansfield suffered an agonizing 7-6 defeat. Can North Penn-Mansfield avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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