The Manheim Township Blue Streaks have the luxury of staying home for another week and will welcome the Harrisburg Cougars at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Manheim Township is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 34.7 points per game this season.
Last Friday, Manheim Township earned a 14-7 win over Cumberland Valley. The 14-point effort marked the Blue Streaks' lowest-scoring game of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
The critical scores for Manheim Township came from Charlie Hill and Daryus Dixon.
Manheim Township didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Jaden Reed-Jones and Hill.
Meanwhile, Harrisburg had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 29.5 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Saturday. They took their match with ease, bagging a 42-6 victory over the Wildcats. The result was nothing new for the Cougars, who have now won six contests by 20 points or more so far this season.
Messiah Mickens continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 151 yards on only ten carries. His rushing production has been exceptional as that marked his sixth straight game with at least 102 rushing yards.
Manheim Township's win bumped their record up to 10-1. As for Harrisburg, their victory bumped their record up to 9-2.
Manheim Township came up short against Harrisburg in their previous meeting back in November of 2023, falling 34-28. Can Manheim Township avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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