The Hazleton Area Cougars will take on the Abington Heights Comets at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Hazleton Area has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the game with six straight losses, while Abington Heights will come in with three straight wins.
It's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 37-7, which was the final score in Hazleton Area's tilt against Dallas on Friday.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Abington Heights). They blew past Scranton 49-13 on Thursday. With that victory, the Comets brought their scoring average up to 28.2 points per game.
Hazleton Area better focus on containing Jayden Anglin and Noah Kayal as the pair were huge in Abington Heights' win. Anglin rushed for 72 yards and three scores, while Kayal rushed for 40 yards and one TD. Those three rushing touchdowns gave Anglin a new career-high.
Abington Heights' win bumped their record up to 7-2. As for Hazleton Area, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-8.
Hazleton Area was taken down by Abington Heights 27-0 in their previous meeting back in October of 2024. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of the Comets' Nick Bradley, who rushed for 88 yards and one touchdown, and also threw for 201 yards and a pair of TDs while completing 76.9% of his passes. Now that the Cougars know the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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