Two dominant signal callers in Drew Branstetter and Kaiden Maurer are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Camp Hill Lions will square off against the Line Mountain Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Camp Hill is headed into the game out to prove that what happened against Steelton-Highspire on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Camp Hill lost 37-14 to Steelton-Highspire. The Lions haven't had much luck with the Steamrollers recently, as the team's come up short the last seven times they've met.
Meanwhile, Line Mountain blew past James Buchanan, posting a 59-31 victory at home. The Eagles might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four matches by 28 points or more this season.
Line Mountain can attribute much of their success to Ian Bates, who rushed for 176 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 8.8 yards per carry, and Maurer, who threw for 194 yards and three touchdowns while completing 77.8% of his passes. Those 176 rushing yards gave Bates a new career-high.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Line Mountain was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 221 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 159 rushing yards in three consecutive contests.
Line Mountain didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Kaden Dunkelberger, Avery Englehart, and Luke Malfara picked up one apiece.
Camp Hill's loss dropped their record down to 4-4. As for Line Mountain, they pushed their record up to 6-2 with the win, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season.
We should be in store for an exciting game as the two teams have no problem gaining yardage. Camp Hill has been on an offensive roll this season, having averaged 385.2 total yards per game. However, it's not like Line Mountain struggles in that department as they've been averaging 364.6. With a pair of commanding offenses duking it out, the defenses are going to have their work cut out for them.
Camp Hill skirted past Line Mountain 19-17 in their previous meeting back in September of 2021. Does Camp Hill have another victory up their sleeve, or will Line Mountain turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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