Cumberland Valley was the 24-21 winner over Harrisburg when they last played one another back in October of 2024, but their luck changed this time around. The Eagles took a 21-16 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Cougars on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 86th, while the Cougars are ranked ninth).
Although Cumberland Valley took the loss, they still got scores from Brody Pines and Kameron Wolfe.
Most of the squad's points came courtesy of special teams, who contributed ten in total. The biggest highlight from special teams (and perhaps the team as a whole) came courtesy of Pines, who ran a kickoff back for a touchdown.
Cumberland Valley didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off four passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Zayden Smith and Wolfe.
Harrisburg was led to victory by Princeton Dent and Elias Coke. Dent rushed for 194 yards and a pair of touchdowns, while Coke picked up 127 receiving yards and one score. Those 194 rushing yards gave Dent a new career-high.
This is the second loss in a row for Cumberland Valley and nudges their season record down to 3-5. As for Harrisburg, they pushed their record up to 8-0 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road.
We've got plenty of inter-conference action coming up soon. Cumberland Valley is set to take on their familiar foe Chambersburg at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Meanwhile, Harrisburg will face off against rival Central Dauphin at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday.
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