Cumberland Valley is 2-7 against Harrisburg since September of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Saturday. The Cumberland Valley Eagles will square off against the Harrisburg Cougars at 1:00 p.m.
Cumberland Valley is headed into the game out to prove that what happened against Bishop McDevitt on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Cumberland Valley came up short against Bishop McDevitt, falling 30-8. The contest marked the Eagles' lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.
Meanwhile, Harrisburg had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 14.8 points) and they went ahead and made it six on Friday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the Mountain Lions 33-0 on the road. Given the Cougars' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 13th, while the Mountain Lions are ranked 181st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Harrisburg didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Quincy Brannon and Elias Coke. Rick Brown was another major factor on D, making 17 total tackles and defending two passes.
This is the second loss in a row for Cumberland Valley and nudges their season record down to 3-4. As for Harrisburg, they pushed their record up to 6-1 with the victory, which was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season.
Cumberland Valley took a serious blow against Harrisburg in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, falling 42-7. Can Cumberland Valley avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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